Proverbs 18:20

Make sure you're satisfied with what you say—you have to live with your words.

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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 you've offended is harder to win back than a fortified town. Arguments keep people apart like bars on the doors of a fortress.

21What you say has the power to bring life or to kill; those who love talking will have to deal with the consequences.

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:2You'll be rewarded for saying good things, but dishonest people want violence.

Proverbs 22:21They are to make it clear to you what's right and true, so you can give a truthful explanation to 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 →

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