Proverbs 13:2 · KJV
“A man shall eat good by the fruit of {his} mouth: but the soul of the transgressors {shall eat} violence.”
— Proverbs 13:2
A wise son {heareth} his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 13 — Context
A wise son {heareth} his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
2A man shall eat good by the fruit of {his} mouth: but the soul of the transgressors {shall eat} violence.
3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: {but} he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and {hath} nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:14
A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of {his} mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs 18:20
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; {and} with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous {man is} a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Psalms 140:11
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow {him}. {an...: or, an evil speaker (Heb. a man of tongue), a wicked man of violence, be established in the earth: let him be hunted to his overthrow}
Habakkuk 2:17
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, {which} made them afraid, because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
Habakkuk 2:8
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men's blood, and {for} the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein. {blood: Heb. bloods}
Proverbs 1:11-13
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: