Proverbs 18:21

Proverbs chapter 18 · verse 21 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

King James Version · 1611

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

American Standard Version · 1901

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

v.20A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

v.21This passage

v.22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, And obtaineth favor of Jehovah.

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

Proverbs 18:4
The words of a man’s mouth areasdeep waters; The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
2 Corinthians 11:15
It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Matthew 12:35
The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Isaiah 57:19
I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith Jehovah; and I will heal him.
Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence.
2 Peter 2:18
For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;