Proverbs 18:20
Of the fruit of a man’s mouth, shall his inmost mind be satisfied, with the product of his lips, shall he be satisfied.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
19A brother estranged, [is worse] than a strong city,—and, contentions, are as the bar of a citadel.
21Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:2Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, [shall be sated with] violence.
Proverbs 22:21To cause thee to know the meaning of faithful sayings, that thou mayest give back faithful sayings to them who ask thee.
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 →