Proverbs 18:21

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

20Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.

22He that hath found a good wife, hath found a good thing, and shall receive a pleasure from the Lord. He that driveth away a good wife, driveth away a good thing: but he that keepeth an adulteress, is foolish and wicked.

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Cross References

Psalms 12:5Who have said: We will magnify our tongue; our lips are our own; who is Lord over us?

Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom: the tongue of the perverse shall perish.

Proverbs 12:13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil mall: but the just shall escape out of distress.

Proverbs 18:4Words from the mouth of a men are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.

Isaiah 57:19I created the fruit of the lips, peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, said the Lord, and I healed him.

Romans 10:14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? Or how shall they believe him, of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear, without a preacher?

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 18:21

20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled. Note, 1. Our comfort depends very much upon the testimony of our own consciences, for us or against us. The belly is here put for the conscience, as ch. xx. 27 . Now it is of great consequence to us whether that be satisfied, and what that is filled with, for, accordingly, will our satisfaction be and our inward peace. 2. The testimony of our consciences will be for us, or against us, according as… Read the whole commentary →

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