Proverbs 18:20

A man’s womb shall be [ful] filled of the fruit of his mouth (or A man’s belly shall be fulfilled, or satisfied, by the fruit of his mouth); and the seeds of his lips shall fill him.

Wycliffe Modern Spelling

In The King James Version

A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

In Context

19A brother that is helped of a brother, is as a steadfast city; and [the] dooms be as the bars of cities. (A brother helped by a brother, is like protection from the wall of a steadfast city; but arguments be like the bars of a city, preventing entry.)

21Death and life be in the works of [the] tongue; they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof, (or they who nurture it, shall eat its fruits).

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Cross References

Proverbs 13:2A man shall be filled with goods of the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of unpious men is wicked. (A good person shall be filled with things from the fruit of his mouth; but the souls of evil people be wicked.)

Proverbs 22:21(so) that I should show to thee the firmness and speeches of truth; to answer (out) of these things to them that sent (unto) 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 →

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