Proverbs 18:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ From the fruit of the mouth one’s stomach is satisfied; the yield of the lips brings satisfaction.

Flere versioner

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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.

Proverbs 18:20 Krydshenvisninger

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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, so that you may give a true answer to those who sent you?