Proverbs 13:2

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ יֹ֣אכַל ט֑וֹב וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בֹּגְדִ֣ים חָמָֽס׃

Transliteration

mippərî pî-ʾîš yōʾkal ṭôb wə-nepeš bōgədîm ḥāmās

Grammar Details

• *mippərî*: preposition *min* + noun, masculine, singular construct - from fruit of
• *pî*: noun, masculine, singular construct - mouth of
• *ʾîš*: noun, masculine, singular - man
• *yōʾkal*: verb, qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - he will eat
• *ṭôb*: adjective, masculine, singular - good
• *wə-*: conjunction - and
• *nepeš*: noun, feminine, singular construct - soul/desire of
• *bōgədîm*: verb, qal participle, masculine plural - treacherous ones/betrayers
• *ḥāmās*: noun, masculine, singular - violence/wrong

Word Meanings

• *pərî*: fruit/result/outcome
• *pî*: mouth/speech
• *ʾîš*: man/person/each one
• *yōʾkal*: will eat/consume/enjoy
• *ṭôb*: good/goodness/benefit
• *nepeš*: soul/life/desire/appetite
• *bōgədîm*: treacherous ones/betrayers/unfaithful ones
• *ḥāmās*: violence/wrong/cruelty

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:14 : 14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
• Prov 18:20 : 20 A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
• Prov 1:11-13 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause; 12 Let us swallow them up alive as Sheol, And whole, as those that go down into the pit; 13 We shall find all precious substance; We shall fill our houses with spoil;
• Prov 1:31 : 31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.
• Prov 4:17 : 17 For 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 violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 1:18 : 18 And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.
• Jer 25:27-31 : 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. 28 And it shall be, if they refuse to take the cup at thy hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Ye shall surely drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to work evil at the city which is called by my name; and should ye be utterly unpunished? Ye shall not be unpunished; for I will call for a sword upon all the inhabitants of the earth, saith Jehovah of hosts. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, Jehovah will roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he will mightily roar against his fold; he will give a shout, as they that tread [the grapes], against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, saith Jehovah.
• Hab 2:8 : 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.
• Hab 2:17 : 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.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 for they poured out the blood of the saints and the prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: {G1063} they are worthy.
• Ps 75:8 : 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.