Proverbs 13:2
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
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In Context
1A wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.
3He who guards his mouth guards his soul. One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
Cross References
Psalms 75:8For in the LORD’s hand there is a cup, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours it out. Indeed the wicked of the earth drink and drink it to its very dregs.
Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come with us. Let’s lie in wait for blood. Let’s lurk secretly for the innocent without cause.
Proverbs 1:31Therefore they will eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own schemes.
Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a spring of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 12:14A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth. The work of a man’s hands shall be rewarded to him.
Jeremiah 25:27“You shall tell them, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel says: “Drink, and be drunk, vomit, fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.”’
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 →