Proverbs 13:2 - King James Version (Oxford) 1769

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

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

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.

People eat well from the fruit of their words, but the treacherous have an appetite only for violence.

From the fruit of his own month, a man shall be satisfied with good things. But the soul of betrayers is iniquity.

Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

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