Verse 2

From the fruit of their lips, people enjoy good things, but the appetite of the treacherous desires violence.

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  • Prov 12:14 : 14 From the fruit of their lips, people are filled with good things, and the work of their hands brings them reward.
  • Prov 18:20 : 20 From the fruit of a man's mouth, his stomach is filled; he is satisfied with the yield of his lips.
  • Ps 140:11 : 11 May burning coals fall upon them; may they be thrown into the fire, into deep pits, never to rise again.
  • Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, 'Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without cause;' 12 Like Sheol, we will swallow them alive, whole, like those who go down to the pit; 13 We will find all kinds of precious wealth; we will fill our houses with plunder.
  • Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore they will eat the fruit of their own way and be filled with their own schemes.
  • Prov 4:17 : 17 They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
  • Prov 10:11 : 11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
  • Prov 1:18 : 18 But these men lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.
  • Jer 25:27-31 : 27 Then say to them: This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: 'Drink, get drunk, and vomit; fall and do not rise, because of the sword I am sending among you.' 28 If they refuse to take the cup from your hand to drink, tell them, 'This is what the LORD of Hosts says: You must drink it!' 29 For behold, I am bringing disaster on the city that bears my name, and will you indeed go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the LORD of Hosts. 30 Therefore, you are to prophesy all these words to them and tell them: 'The LORD will roar from on high; He will raise His voice from His holy dwelling. He will roar mightily against His pasture; He will shout like those who tread grapes, shouting aloud against all the inhabitants of the earth.' 31 The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD has a case against the nations. He will bring judgment on all mankind and hand over the wicked to the sword,' declares the LORD.
  • Hab 2:8 : 8 Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of peoples will plunder you—because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the cities, and everyone who lives in them.
  • Hab 2:17 : 17 The violence you have done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of beasts will terrify you, because of human bloodshed and violence against the land, the city, and all who live in it.
  • Rev 16:6 : 6 For they shed the blood of your holy people and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink as they deserve.
  • Ps 75:8 : 8 For God is the judge; he brings one down and lifts another up.