Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 that findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and receiueth fauour of the Lord.
Cross References
Psalms 12:5Now for the oppression of the needy, and for the sighes of the poore, I will vp, sayeth the Lord, and will set at libertie him, whom the wicked hath snared.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
Proverbs 12:13The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.
Proverbs 18:4The words of a mans mouth are like deepe waters, and the welspring of wisdome is like a flowing riuer.
Isaiah 57:19I create the fruite of the lips, to be peace: peace vnto them that are farre off, and to them that are neere, sayth the Lord: for I will heale him.
Romans 10:14But how shall they call on him, in whome they haue not beleeued? and how shall they beleeue in him, of whom they haue not heard? and howe shall they heare without a preacher?
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 →