Proverbs 13:2

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors 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 recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
• Prov 18:20 : 20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
• Ps 140:11 : 11 Let not an evil speaker 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 the grave; 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 a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
• Prov 1:18 : 18 And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
• Jer 25:27-31 : 27 Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, 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 thine hand to drink, then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Ye shall certainly drink. 29 For, lo, I begin to bring evil on 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 the LORD of hosts. 30 Therefore prophesy thou against them all these words, and say unto them, The LORD shall roar from on high, and utter his voice from his holy habitation; he shall mightily roar upon his habitation; he shall give a shout, as they that tread the grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
• Hab 2:8 : 8 Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
• Hab 2:17 : 17 For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
• Rev 16:6 : 6 For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
• Ps 75:8 : 8 For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red{H8804)}; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out{H8686)} of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out{H8799)}, and drink{H8799)} them.