the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 13:2
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Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
People will be rewarded for what they say, but those who can't be trusted want only violence.
From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.
From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
From the fruit of his lips a man will enjoy good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
A [good] man enjoys good as a result of what he says, but the essence of the treacherous is violence.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
People get good things for the words they say, but those who cannot be trusted say only bad things.
A man shall eat good from the fruit of his mouth; but the desire of the faithless is violence.
A man shall eate good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soule of the transgressours, shall eate violence.
The one who is careful what he says will have good come to him, but the one who wants to hurt others will have trouble.
From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.
A good man shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; but the souls of the wicked shall perish.
Good people will be rewarded for what they say, but those who are deceitful are hungry for violence.
Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.
Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.
From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.
A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
From the fruit of his mouth,a person will enjoy good things,but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats good, but the desire of the deceiver is violence.
From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.
A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.
The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life.
From the fruit of a person's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
From the fruit of a man's mouth he eats what is good,But the soul of the treacherous desires violence.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
eat: Proverbs 12:14, Proverbs 18:20
the soul: Proverbs 1:11-13, Proverbs 1:18, Proverbs 1:31, Proverbs 4:17, Proverbs 10:11, Psalms 75:8, Psalms 140:11, Jeremiah 25:27-31, Habakkuk 2:8, Habakkuk 2:17, Revelation 16:6
Reciprocal: James 1:26 - bridleth
Cross-References
Then Abram went up from Egypt, he and his wife and all that he had, and Lot with him, to the South. [fn]
And he went on his journey from the South as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Is not the whole land before you? Please separate from me. If you take the left, then I will go to the right; or, if you go to the right, then I will go to the left."
And Lot lifted his eyes and saw all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered everywhere (before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah) like the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt as you go toward Zoar.
Abram dwelt in the land of Canaan, and Lot dwelt in the cities of the plain and pitched his tent even as far as Sodom.
But the men of Sodom were exceedingly wicked and sinful against the LORD.
The LORD has blessed my master greatly, and he has become great; and He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male and female servants, and camels and donkeys.
"And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.
The LORD makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up.
Also, his possessions were seven thousand sheep, three thousand camels, five hundred yoke of oxen, five hundred female donkeys, and a very large household, so that this man was the greatest of all the people of the East.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth,.... Or, "of the mouth"; either another's or his own, since the word his is not in the text; though it is supplied by the Targum, Aben Ezra, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, as by us. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "shall eat of the fruits of righteousness". I should choose to translate the whole thus: "a good man shall eat of the fruit of his mouth": so Aben Ezra interprets it, "a good man shall eat"; and so the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions render it. The sense is, that a good man brings forth good things out of the good treasure of his heart by his mouth; which not only minister grace to the hearers, and are for the use of edifying to others, but also to himself; while he gives wholesome counsel and advice to others, it is of service to himself; while he comforts others, he comforts himself; and while he teaches and instructs others, he teaches and instructs himself: so a good minister of Jesus Christ, while he feeds others with knowledge and understanding, he himself is nourished up with the words of faith and good doctrine; so Jarchi refers it to a man's doctrine, and the reward of it here and hereafter;
but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence; Jarchi interprets it,
"the delight of transgressors is violence;'' u
that is, what their souls desire, choose, will, and take pleasure in, even using violence, and doing mischief to others; and to the same purpose is the note of Gersom: but Aben Ezra supplies it from the former clause, as we do; and the sense is, that the same measure they mete out to others shall be measured out to them again; what they give others to eat, they shall eat themselves, even the bread of violence; see Proverbs 4:16. And this will be the case of all perfidious and treacherous ones, as the word w used signifies; of false teachers and cruel persecutors; and of Babylon, of whom it will he said, "reward her as she rewarded you", Revelation 18:6.
u "Anima cupido praevaricatorum est violentis", Gussetius, p. 524. w בגדים "perfidiosorum", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "perfidorum", Cocceius, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The fruit of his mouth - Speech rightly used is itself good, and must therefore bring good fruit.
Eat violence - i. e., Bring upon itself repayment in kind for its deeds of evil.
