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the Week of Proper 23 / Ordinary 28
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New Living Translation

Proverbs 13:2

Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Speaking;   Wicked (People);   The Topic Concordance - Speech/communication;   Transgression;   Violence;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Fruit;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;  

Parallel Translations

Update Bible Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
New Century Version
People will be rewarded for what they say, but those who can't be trusted want only violence.
New English Translation
From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.
Webster's Bible Translation
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
World English Bible
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.
Amplified Bible
From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
English Standard Version
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A man schal be fillid with goodis of the fruit of his mouth; but the soule of vnpitouse men is wickid.
English Revised Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
Berean Standard Bible
From the fruit of his lips a man will enjoy good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
Contemporary English Version
You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.
American Standard Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
Bible in Basic English
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
Complete Jewish Bible
A [good] man enjoys good as a result of what he says, but the essence of the treacherous is violence.
Darby Translation
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
Easy-to-Read Version
People get good things for the words they say, but those who cannot be trusted say only bad things.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A man shall eat good from the fruit of his mouth; but the desire of the faithless is violence.
King James Version (1611)
A man shall eate good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soule of the transgressours, shall eate violence.
New Life Bible
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.
New Revised Standard
From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
Geneva Bible (1587)
A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.
George Lamsa Translation
A good man shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; but the souls of the wicked shall perish.
Good News Translation
Good people will be rewarded for what they say, but those who are deceitful are hungry for violence.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.
Revised Standard Version
From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.
Christian Standard Bible®
From the fruit of his mouth,a person will enjoy good things,but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.
Hebrew Names Version
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; But the unfaithful crave violence.
King James Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Lexham English Bible
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
Literal Translation
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats good, but the desire of the deceiver is violence.
Young's Literal Translation
From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.
THE MESSAGE
The good acquire a taste for helpful conversation; bullies push and shove their way through life.
New American Standard Bible
From the fruit of a person's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
New King James Version
A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
Legacy Standard Bible
From the fruit of a man's mouth he eats what is good,But the soul of the treacherous desires violence.

Contextual Overview

2 Wise words will win you a good meal, but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.

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

Genesis 13:1
So Abram left Egypt and traveled north into the Negev, along with his wife and Lot and all that they owned.
Genesis 13:3
From the Negev, they continued traveling by stages toward Bethel, and they pitched their tents between Bethel and Ai, where they had camped before.
Genesis 13:9
The whole countryside is open to you. Take your choice of any section of the land you want, and we will separate. If you want the land to the left, then I'll take the land on the right. If you prefer the land on the right, then I'll go to the left."
Genesis 13:10
Lot took a long look at the fertile plains of the Jordan Valley in the direction of Zoar. The whole area was well watered everywhere, like the garden of the Lord or the beautiful land of Egypt. (This was before the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah.)
Genesis 13:12
So Abram settled in the land of Canaan, and Lot moved his tents to a place near Sodom and settled among the cities of the plain.
Genesis 13:13
But the people of this area were extremely wicked and constantly sinned against the Lord .
Genesis 24:35
"And the Lord has greatly blessed my master; he has become a wealthy man. The Lord has given him flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, a fortune in silver and gold, and many male and female servants and camels and donkeys.
Deuteronomy 8:18
Remember the Lord your God. He is the one who gives you power to be successful, in order to fulfill the covenant he confirmed to your ancestors with an oath.
1 Samuel 2:7
The Lord makes some poor and others rich; he brings some down and lifts others up.
Job 1:3
He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

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.


 
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