Proverbs 13:2 - American Standard Version (1901)

² A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Common English Bible

² People eat well from the fruit of their words, but the treacherous have an appetite only for violence.

Catholic Public Domain Version

² From the fruit of his own month, a man shall be satisfied with good things. But the soul of betrayers is iniquity.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

English Standard Version 2016

² From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.

Proverbs 13:2 Cross References

Psalm 140:11

An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of Jehovah there is a cup, and the wine foameth; It is full of mixture, and he poureth out of the same: Surely the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall drain them, and drink them.

Proverbs 1:18

And these lay wait for their own blood; They lurk privily for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own devices.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life; But violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good; But the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Proverbs 12:14

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 18:20

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

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness, And drink the wine of violence.

Hosea 10:13

Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies; for thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover thee, and the destruction of the beasts, which made them afraid; because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because thou hast plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder thee, because of men’s blood, and for the violence done to the land, to the city and to all that dwell therein.

Revelation 16:6

for they poured out the blood of saints and prophets, and blood hast thou given them to drink: they are worthy.