Proverbs 18:20 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁰ From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ A man's [moral] self shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; and with the consequence of his words he must be satisfied [whether good or evil].

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

Common English Bible

²⁰ The stomach is satisfied by the fruit of the mouth; one’s lips can earn a satisfying income.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ From the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be filled. And the harvest of his own lips shall satisfy him.

Proverbs 18:20 Cross References

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Proverbs 14:14

A perverse man will be filled with the fruit of his ways, and a good man with the fruit of his deeds.

Proverbs 18:19

A brother helped is like a strong city, but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

Proverbs 22:18

for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, if all of them are ready on your lips.

Proverbs 22:21

to show you what is right and true, that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?