English Standard Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Click here.

English Standard Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits. Berean Study Bible Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. New American Standard Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. New King James Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. King James Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Christian Standard Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. Contemporary English Version Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say. Good News Translation What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words. Holman Christian Standard Bible Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. International Standard Version The power of the tongue is life and death— those who love to talk will eat what it produces. NET Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit. New Heart English Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and he that loves it will eat from its fruit. GOD'S WORD® Translation The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words. JPS Tanakh 1917 Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof. New American Standard 1977 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit. Jubilee Bible 2000 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those that love it shall eat its fruit. King James 2000 Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. American King James Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. American Standard Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Brenton Septuagint Translation Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof. Douay-Rheims Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof. Darby Bible Translation Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. English Revised Version Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Webster's Bible Translation Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it. World English Bible Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit. Young's Literal Translation Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit. Study Bible The Selfishness of the Unfriendly …20From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. 21Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. 22He who finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.… Berean Study Bible · Download Cross References Matthew 12:37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned." Proverbs 10:19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise. Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is trapped by his rebellious speech, but a righteous man escapes from trouble. Proverbs 13:2 From the fruit of his lips a man will enjoy good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence. Proverbs 13:3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. Proverbs 21:23 He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress. Isaiah 3:10 Tell the righteous it will be well for them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men, Treasury of Scripture Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. death Proverbs 18:4-7 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook… Proverbs 10:20,21,31 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth… Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise. and Proverbs 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself… 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 the LORD; and I will heal him. Lexicon Life וְ֭חַיִּים (wə·ḥay·yîm) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralStrong's Hebrew 2416: Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life and death מָ֣וֶת (mā·weṯ) Noun - masculine singularStrong's Hebrew 4194: Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin are in the power בְּיַד־ (bə·yaḏ-) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's Hebrew 3027: A hand of the tongue, לָשׁ֑וֹן (lā·šō·wn) Noun - common singularStrong's Hebrew 3956: The tongue and those who love [it] וְ֝אֹהֲבֶ֗יהָ (wə·’ō·hă·ḇe·hā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularStrong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f will eat יֹאכַ֥ל (yō·ḵal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's Hebrew 398: To eat its fruit. פִּרְיָֽהּ׃ (pir·yāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singularStrong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers (21) Death and life are in the power of the tongue.--See above on Proverbs 4:23, where much the same power is attributed to the heart as is here given to the tongue as being its exponent. (Comp. also Proverbs 12:13.)They that love it--i.e., to use it. Pulpit Commentary Verse 21. - Death and life are in the power of the tongue; literally, in the hand of the tongue. The tongue, according as it is used, deals forth life or death; for speech is the picture of the mind (comp. Proverbs 12:18; Proverbs 26:28). The vast importance of our words may be learned from James 3; and our blessed Lord says expressly (Matthew 12:36, etc.), "Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." Hence the gnome - Γλῶσσα τύχη γλῶσσα δαίμων intimating that the tongue is the real controller of man's destiny; and another - Λόγῳ διοικεῖται βροτῶν βίος μόνῳ By words alone is life of mortals swayed." And they that love it (the tongue) shall eat the fruit thereof. They who use it much must abide the consequences of their words, whether by kind and pure and edifying conversation they contribute health and life to themselves and others, or whether by foul, calumnious, corrupting language they involve themselves and others in mortal sin. For "they that love it," the Septuagint has, οἱ κρατοῦντες αὐτῆς, "they who get the mastery over it." 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