Verse 21

Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.

Referenced Verses

  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth, but that whiche is good to edifie withal, as oft as neede is, that it may minister grace vnto the hearers.
  • Matt 12:35-37 : 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges. 36 But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment. 37 For of thy wordes, thou shalt be iustified: and of thy wordes, thou shalt be condemned.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speache be alway in grace, powdered with salt, to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man.
  • Prov 10:19-21 : 19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse. 20 The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught. 21 The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell. 7 All the natures of beastes, & of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man: 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson. 9 Therwith blesse we God the father: and therwith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.
  • Prov 13:2-3 : 2 Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours. 3 He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.
  • Prov 18:4-7 : 4 The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame. 5 It is not good to regarde the person of the vngodly, to ouerthrowe the righteous in iudgement. 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes. 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe. 13 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse: & the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse. 14 A foole is full of wordes, and a man can not tell what shall come to passe: who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym?
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth: but the iust shall escape out of all perill.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I make the fruites of thankesgeuing, that he may say, peace, peace, vnto the that are farre of, and to them that are nye saith the Lorde, I make hym whole.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they haue spoken the great swellyng wordes of vanitie, they entice through lustes in the voluptuousnesse of the fleshe, them that were cleane escaped, from them whiche are wrapped in errour,
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many vnruly, and vayne talkers, and deceauers of myndes, specially they that are of ye circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 Howe then shall they call on hym, on whom they haue not beleued? Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde? Howe shal they heare, without a preacher? 15 And howe shall they preache, except they be sent? As it is written: Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace, & bryng good tydynges of good thynges.
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death, vnto death: and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is meete vnto these thynges?
  • 2 Cor 11:15 : 15 Therfore it is no great thyng though his ministers be transfourmed as the ministers of righteousnesse, whose ende shalbe accordyng to their workes.