Devine Scripture

Proverbs 13:2

Proverbs chapter 13 · verse 2 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence.

Context

v.1A wise sonhearethhis father’s instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke.

v.2This passage

v.3He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; Buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Proverbs 4:17

    For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

  • Habakkuk 2:8

    Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  • Proverbs 1:31

    Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

  • Habakkuk 2:17

    For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

  • Jeremiah 25:27

    And thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and spew, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.

  • Psalms 75:8

    For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.