Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Proverbs 22:21to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?
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 →