Proverbs 18:20 · KJV
“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 18:20
A brother offended {is harder to be won} than a strong city: and {their} contentions {are} like the bars of a castle.
Death and life {are} in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Proverbs 18 — Context
The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty.
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.
22{Whoso} findeth a wife findeth a good {thing}, and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:13-14
The wicked is snared by the transgression of {his} lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. {The wicked...: Heb. The snare of the wicked is in the transgression of lips}
Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken {is like} apples of gold in pictures of silver. {fitly...: Heb. spoken upon his wheels}
Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of {his} mouth: but the soul of the transgressors {shall eat} violence.
Proverbs 22:18
For {it is} a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips. {within...: Heb. in thy belly}
Proverbs 22:21
That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee? {to them...: or, to those that send thee?}