Proverbs 18:21

KJV1611 – Modern English

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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  • Eph 4:29 : 29 Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but what is good for necessary edification, that it may impart grace to the hearers.
  • Matt 12:35-37 : 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart brings forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure brings forth evil things. 36 But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment. 37 For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.
  • Col 4:6 : 6 Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.
  • Prov 10:19-21 : 19 In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise. 20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth. 21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.
  • Jas 3:6-9 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell. 7 For every kind of beast, and of bird, and of serpent, and of things in the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. 9 With it we bless God, even the Father; and with it we curse men, who are made in the likeness of God.
  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.
  • Prov 11:30 : 30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.
  • Prov 13:2-3 : 2 A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. 3 He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
  • Prov 18:4-7 : 4 The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook. 5 It is not good to show partiality to the wicked, to overthrow the righteous in judgment. 6 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.
  • Eccl 10:12-14 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up. 13 The beginning of the words of his mouth is foolishness: and the end of his talk is mischievous madness. 14 A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
  • Prov 12:13 : 13 The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.
  • Isa 57:19 : 19 I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace to him who is far off and to him who is near, says the LORD, and I will heal him.
  • 2 Pet 2:18 : 18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through wantonness, those who have barely escaped from those who live in error.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things they ought not, for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Rom 10:14-15 : 14 How then shall they call on Him in whom they have not believed? And how shall they believe in Him of whom they have not heard? And how shall they hear without a preacher? 15 And how shall they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!"
  • 2 Cor 2:16 : 16 To the one we are the aroma of death leading to death, and to the other the aroma of life leading to life. And who is adequate for these things?
  • 2 Cor 11:15 : 15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also transform as ministers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 18:20
    83%

    20A man's stomach will be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; he will be filled with the produce of his lips.

  • Prov 13:2-3
    2 verses
    79%

    2A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

    3He who guards his mouth keeps his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

  • Prov 15:4
    76%

    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

  • Prov 12:14
    75%

    14A man will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the recompense of a man's hands will be rendered to him.

  • Prov 21:23
    74%

    23Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 18:22
    74%

    22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing and obtains favor from the LORD.

  • Prov 21:6
    73%

    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

  • Prov 22:18
    72%

    18For it is a pleasant thing if you keep them within you; they shall all be ready on your lips.

  • Prov 12:18
    72%

    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Prov 4:22-23
    2 verses
    72%

    22For they are life to those who find them, and health to all their flesh.

    23Keep your heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.

  • Prov 10:19-21
    3 verses
    72%

    19In the multitude of words, there is no lack of sin, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

    20The tongue of the just is as choice silver, the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

    21The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of wisdom.

  • Prov 15:23
    71%

    23A man has joy by the answer of his mouth, and a word spoken in due season, how good it is!

  • 1 Pet 3:10
    71%

    10For he who would love life and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 17:20
    71%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 16:23-25
    3 verses
    71%

    23The heart of the wise teaches his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.

    24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and health to the bones.

    25There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end are the ways of death.

  • Prov 10:31
    71%

    31The mouth of the just brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut out.

  • Prov 18:4
    71%

    4The words of a man's mouth are as deep waters, and the wellspring of wisdom as a flowing brook.

  • Prov 11:30
    70%

    30The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

  • Prov 16:21
    70%

    21The wise in heart shall be called prudent, and the sweetness of the lips increases learning.

  • Prov 10:11
    70%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life, but violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

  • Prov 18:7
    70%

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow him up.

  • Prov 16:1
    70%

    1The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, are from the LORD.

  • Job 5:21
    70%

    21You shall be hidden from the scourge of the tongue: nor shall you be afraid of destruction when it comes.

  • Prov 23:8
    70%

    8The morsel which you have eaten, you shall vomit up, and lose your sweet words.

  • Ps 50:19
    69%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 3:18
    69%

    18She is a tree of life to those who lay hold upon her: and happy is everyone who retains her.

  • Ps 34:13
    69%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 11:19
    69%

    19As righteousness leads to life, so he who pursues evil pursues it to his own death.

  • Prov 8:35-36
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    69%

    35For whoever finds me finds life and will obtain favor from the LORD.

    36But whoever sins against me wrongs his own soul; all those who hate me love death.

  • Matt 15:18
    69%

    18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart; and they defile a man.

  • Prov 26:28
    69%

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 15:2
    69%

    2The tongue of the wise uses knowledge appropriately, but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.

  • Luke 6:45
    69%

    45A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth that which is evil: for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.

  • Prov 16:13
    69%

    13Righteous lips are the delight of kings, and they love him who speaks what is right.

  • Rom 3:14
    69%

    14'Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.'

  • Jas 3:6
    69%

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

  • Ps 52:4
    69%

    4You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

  • Matt 12:36
    69%

    36But I say to you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account for in the day of judgment.

  • Jas 3:10
    69%

    10Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

  • Ps 37:30
    69%

    30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of justice.

  • Jas 3:8
    68%

    8But no man can tame the tongue; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.