Proverbs 13:2

Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

Bible (Bishops')

In The King James Version

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

In Context

1A wise sonne [wil hearken] to his fathers warnyng: but he that is scorneful wil not heare when he is reproued.

3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:11If they say, come with vs, let vs lay wayte for blood, and lurke priuily for the innocent without a cause:

Proverbs 1:31Therfore shall they eate of the fruite of their owne way, and be fylled with their owne inuentions.

Proverbs 10:11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

Proverbs 12:14Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

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 →

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