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Proverbs 18:21 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 18 · verse 21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.Proverbs 18:21 · King James Version
Proverbs 18:21 in context
19A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
20A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.
Commentary
Cross references
- Ephesians 4:29
- Matthew 12:35-37
- Colossians 4:6
- Proverbs 10:19-21
- James 3:6-9
- Proverbs 13:2-3
- Proverbs 10:31
- Proverbs 18:4-7
Key words (Strong's)
- tonguelâshôwnthe tongue , used literally , and figurativelyH3956 →
- DeathmâvethdeathH4194 →
- poweryâda handH3027 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
- loveʼâhabto have affection forH157 →
- eatʼâkalto eatH398 →
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Note, 1. A man may do a great deal of good, or a great deal of hurt, both to others and to himself, according to the use he makes of his tongue. Many a one has been his own death by a foul tongue, or the death of others by a false tongue;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary