Proverbs 13:2
Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, [shall be sated with] violence.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
1A wise son, [cometh of] a father’s correction, but, a scoffer, heareth not a rebuke.
Cross References
Psalms 75:8For, a cup, is in the hand of Yahweh, Whose wine is foaming, It is full of spiced wine, Which he hath caused to flow from one to another,—Surely, the dregs thereof, they shall drain out—they shall drink, Even all the lawless ones of the earth.
Proverbs 1:11If they say—Come with us,—Let us lie in wait for blood, Let us watch in secret for him who is needlessly innocent;
Proverbs 1:31Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and, with their own counsels, be filled.
Proverbs 10:11A well-spring of life, is the mouth of the righteous, but, the mouth of the lawless, covereth wrong.
Proverbs 12:14Of the fruit of a man’s mouth, shall he be satisfied with good, and, the dealing of the hands of a son of earth, shall be paid back to him.
Jeremiah 25:27Therefore shalt thou say unto them—Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts God of Israel,—Drink ye and be drunken, and vomit, and fall and rise not,—because of the sword which I am sending between 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 →