Proverbs 18:20

Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:2Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

Proverbs 22:21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent 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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