Proverbs 18:21
Mavet and chayyim are in the power of the lashon, 1 and they that love it shall eat the p'ri (fruit) thereof. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
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
22He who findeth an isha (wife) findeth tov, 1 and obtaineth ratzon (favor) from Hashem. 1
Cross References
Psalms 12:5Who have said, With leshoneinu (our tongue) will we prevail; 1 our lips are our own: who is Adon over us? 1
Proverbs 10:31The peh (mouth) of the tzaddik bringeth forth chochmah, 1 but the lashon tahpukhot (tongue of perversion, distortion) shall be cut off. 1
Proverbs 12:13The rah is ensnared by the peysha (transgression) of his sfatayim (lips), 1 but the tzaddik shall escape from tzoros. 1
Proverbs 18:4The devarim of a manʼs mouth are deep mayim; 1 the makor chochmah is a flowing stream. 1
Isaiah 57:19I create the [repentant] fruit of the lips; 1 Shalom, shalom to him that is far off, 1 and to him that is near, saith Hashem; 1 and I will heal him. 1
Romans 10:14How therefore shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without someone doing the hatafah (preaching)?
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 →