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Proverbs 18:21
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
The tongue has power over life and death; those who indulge it must eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
The tongue can speak words that bring life or death. Those who love to talk must be ready to accept what it brings.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those who love it shall eat the fruits thereof.
What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat its fruit.
Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge, he that loueth it, shal enioye the frute therof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that loue it shall eate the fruite thereof.
Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And those that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Death: Proverbs 18:4-7, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 12:35-37, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:15, 2 Corinthians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 11:15, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11, James 3:6-9, 2 Peter 2:18
and: Proverbs 10:19, Ecclesiastes 10:12-14, Isaiah 57:19
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:14 - General Job 6:25 - forcible Job 19:2 - break me Psalms 12:3 - proud Psalms 34:13 - Keep Psalms 39:1 - that I Psalms 52:2 - like Psalms 120:4 - Sharp Psalms 140:11 - an evil speaker Proverbs 10:10 - but Proverbs 12:14 - satisfied Proverbs 21:23 - General Ecclesiastes 10:11 - a babbler Jeremiah 18:18 - Come and let us smite Jeremiah 49:16 - terribleness Hosea 10:12 - Sow Hosea 10:13 - eaten James 1:19 - slow to speak James 3:5 - so
Cross-References
But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower,
Come on! Let's go down and confuse them by making them speak different languages—then they won't be able to understand each other.
One hot summer afternoon Abraham was sitting by the entrance to his tent near the sacred trees of Mamre, when the Lord appeared to him.
Wouldn't you spare the city if there are only fifty good people in it?
and I have come down to rescue them from the Egyptians. I will bring my people out of Egypt into a country where there is good land, rich with milk and honey. I will give them the land where the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites now live.
Don't forget how the Lord your God has led you through the desert for the past forty years. He wanted to find out if you were truly willing to obey him and depend on him,
If the prophet says this, don't listen! The Lord your God will be watching to find out whether or not you love him with all your heart and soul.
The Lord is the greatest God! We ask him to be our witness, because he knows whether or not we were rebellious or unfaithful when we built that altar. If we were unfaithful, then we pray that God won't rescue us today. Let us tell you why we built that altar,
No evil person can hide in the deepest darkness.
and you know all of our sins, even those we do in secret.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue,.... Of witnesses, according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they preach; of all men, who, by their well or ill speaking, bring death or life to themselves and others. Some, by their tongues, by the too free use of them, or falsehood they utter, are the cause of death to themselves and others; and some, by their silence, or by their prudent speech and prevalent intercession, secure or obtain life for themselves and others; yea, judgment at the last day will proceed according to a man's words, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned", Matthew 12:37; the tongue is the instrument either of a great deal of good, or of a great deal of evil;
and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof; that delight to be talkative; that love to use the tongue, whether in a good or in a bad way, shall accordingly be recompensed; shall enjoy the advantages or disadvantages arising from it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue — This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies most forcibly to public pleaders; on many of their tongues hangs life or death.
