Proverbs 18:20

A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.

Darby Translation

In The King James Version

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

In Context

19A brother offended is [harder to be won] than a strong city; and contentions are as the bars of a palace.

21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

Proverbs 22:21that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest carry back words of truth to them that send thee?

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:20

19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle. Note, 1. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations, and those that are under special obligation to each other, not only because they are most unnatural and unbecoming, but because between such things are commonly taken most unkindly, and resentments are apt to be carried too far. Wisdom and grace would indeed make it most easy to us to forgive our relations and friends if they… Read the whole commentary →

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