Proverbs 18:20
From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied, with the product of his lips he will be satisfied.
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Referenced Verses
- Prov 12:13-14 : 13 The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble. 14 A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
- Prov 13:2 : 2 From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.
- Prov 25:11-12 : 11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken. 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
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14A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.
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21Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
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2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.
3The one who guards his words guards his life; whoever is talkative will come to ruin.
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14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.
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23A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time– how good it is!
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25The righteous has enough food to satisfy his appetite, but the belly of the wicked will be empty.
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12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.
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21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with gladness.
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4The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.
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23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.
24Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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18For it is pleasing if you keep these sayings within you, and they are ready on your lips.
- Job 20:22-232 verses72%
22In the fullness of his sufficiency, distress overtakes him. The full force of misery will come upon him.
23“While he is filling his belly, God sends his burning anger against him, and rains down his blows upon him.
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17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.
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21The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.
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7All of man’s labor is for nothing more than to fill his stomach– yet his appetite is never satisfied!
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6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.
7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.
8The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into the person’s innermost being.
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23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.
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14his food is turned sour in his stomach; it becomes the venom of serpents within him.
15The wealth that he consumed he vomits up, God will make him throw it out of his stomach.
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45The good person out of the good treasury of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasury produces evil, for his mouth speaks from what fills his heart.
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7for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
8you will vomit up the little bit you have eaten, and will have wasted your pleasant words.
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31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.
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26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.
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11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.
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4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.
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10then your barns will be filled completely, and your vats will overflow with new wine.
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14“Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.”
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19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.
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16You have found honey–eat only what is sufficient for you, lest you become stuffed with it and vomit it up.
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21The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.
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30The godly speak wise words and promote justice.
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18But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a person.
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31Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.
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19A relative offended is harder to reach than a strong city, and disputes are like the barred gates of a fortified citadel.
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20For he knows no satisfaction in his appetite; he does not let anything he desires escape.
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23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty.
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7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.
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14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.
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5As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,
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20As Death and Destruction are never satisfied, so the eyes of a person are never satisfied.
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2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.
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7The one whose appetite is satisfied loathes honey, but to the hungry mouth every bitter thing is sweet.
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22The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; and they have gone down into a person’s innermost being.