Proverbs 18:21 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue: And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they who indulge in it shall eat the fruit of it [for death or life]. [Matt. 12:37.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

Common English Bible

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who love it will eat its fruit.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue. Whoever values it shall eat from its fruits.

Proverbs 18:21 Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

Let no evil talk come out of your mouths but only what is good for building up, as there is need, so that your words may give grace to those who hear.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be gracious, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how you ought to answer everyone.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 12:13

The evil are ensnared by the transgression of their lips, but the righteous escape from trouble.

Isaiah 57:19

creating for their mourners the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to the far and the near, says the Lord, and I will heal them.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the wise capture souls.

2 Peter 2:18

For they speak bombastic nonsense, and with debased desires of the flesh they entice people who have just escaped from those who live in error.

2 Corinthians 11:15

So it is not strange if his ministers also disguise themselves as ministers of righteousness. Their end will match their deeds.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one group a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is qualified for these things?

Proverbs 21:23

To watch over mouth and tongue is to keep out of trouble.

Isaiah 3:10

Tell the innocent how fortunate they are, for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots, in the multitude of your warriors,

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are despoiled, because the needy groan, I will now rise up,” says the Lord; “I will place them in the safety for which they long.”