Proverbs 18:20

An ishʼs beten shall be filled with the fruit of his peh (mouth), 1 and with the produce of his sfatayim (lips) shall he be satisfied. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 offended is harder to be won 1 than a strong city, 1 and their contentious quarrelings are like the bars of an armon (citadel). 1

21Mavet and chayyim are in the power of the lashon, 1 and they that love it shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof. 1

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:2An ish shall eat tov by the fruit of his peh (mouth), 1 but the nefesh of the bogedim (unfaithful ones, traitors) shall eat chamas. 1

Proverbs 22:21That I might make thee know the certain truth of the words of emes; 1 that thou mightest bring back words of emes to them that send thee? 1

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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