Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1A wise son [heareth] his father's instruction; but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his soul; destruction shall be to him that openeth wide his lips.
Cross References
Psalms 75:8For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and it foameth with wine, it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same; yea, the dregs thereof shall all the wicked of the earth drain off, [and] drink.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
Proverbs 1:31therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their way, and be filled with their own devices.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous [man] is a fountain of life; but the mouth of the wicked covereth violence.
Proverbs 12:14A man is satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Jeremiah 25:27And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, and be drunken, and vomit, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword that I will send among you.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:2
Moral Maxims. 1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. Among the children of the same parents it is no new thing for some to be hopeful and others the contrary; now here we are taught to distinguish. 1. There is great hope of those that have a reverence for their parents, and are willing to be advised and admonished by them. He is a wise son, and is in a far way to be wiser, that hears his father's instruction, desires to hear it, regards it, and complies with it, and does… Read the whole commentary →