Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, [From the] increase of his lips he is satisfied.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19A brother transgressed against is as a strong city, And contentions as the bar of a palace.
21Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
Cross References
Proverbs 13:2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous — violence.
Proverbs 22:21To cause thee to know the certainty of sayings of truth, To return sayings of truth to those sending 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 →