Proverbs 18:21

Bishops' Bible (1568)

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

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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.

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  • Prov 18:20
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    20A mans belly shalbe satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth, and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be filled.

  • Prov 13:2-3
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    2Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

    3He that kepeth his mouth, kepeth his lyfe: but who so rashlye openeth his lippes, destroyeth hym selfe.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 12:14
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    14Man shalbe satisfied with good thinges: by the fruite of his mouth, and after the workes of his handes shall he be rewarded.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 18:22
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    22Who so findeth a wyfe, findeth a good thing, and receaueth fauour of the Lorde.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 22:18
    72%

    18For it is a pleasaunt thing if thou kepe them in thyne heart, and order them in thy lippes:

  • Prov 12:18
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    18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

  • Prov 4:22-23
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    22For they are life vnto those that finde them, and health vnto all their bodyes.

    23Kepe thyne heart with all diligence, for out of it issueth lyfe.

  • Prov 10:19-21
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    72%

    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

    20The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

    21The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Prov 15:23
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    23A ioyfull thing it is to a man whe his counsayle is folowed: and howe good is a worde spoken in season.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 16:23-25
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    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

    24Fayre wordes are an hony combe, a refresshyng of the mynde, and health of the bones.

    25There is a way that men thynke to be ryght: but the ende therof leadeth vnto death.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

  • Prov 11:30
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    30The fruite of the ryghteous is a tree of life: and he that winneth mens soules is wise.

  • Prov 16:21
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    21Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Prov 18:7
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    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 16:1
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    1A man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart: but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde.

  • Job 5:21
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    21Thou shalt be hyd from the scourge of the tongue, & when destruction commeth thou shalt not neede to feare.

  • Prov 23:8
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    8The morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou parbreake, and loose those sweete wordes.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 3:18
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    18She is a tree of lyfe to them that lay holde vpon her: and blessed is he that kepeth her fast.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 11:19
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    19Lyke as ryghteousnesse bringeth lyfe: euen so to cleaue vnto euyll, bryngeth death.

  • Prov 8:35-36
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    35For whoso findeth me, findeth life, and shall obtaine fauour of the Lorde.

    36But whoso offendeth against me, hurteth his owne soule: and they that hate me, are the louers of death.

  • Matt 15:18
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    18But those thynges which proceade out of the mouth, come foorth from the heart, and they defyle the man.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Luke 6:45
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    45A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth foorth that which is good: And an euyll man, out of the euyll treasure of his heart, bryngeth foorth that which is euyll. For of the aboundaunce of the heart, his mouth speaketh.

  • Prov 16:13
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    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

  • Jas 3:6
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    6And 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.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.

  • Matt 12:36
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    36But I say vnto you, of euery idell worde that men shall speake, they shall geue accompt therof, in the day of iudgment.

  • Jas 3:10
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    10Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

  • Jas 3:8
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    8But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.