Proverbs 18:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

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

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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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Proverbs 18:21 Cross References

Psalm 12:5

For the spoiling of the poor, for the sighing of the needy, Now will I arise, saith the LORD; I will set him in safety at whom they puff.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut off.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; And he that is wise winneth souls.

Proverbs 12:13

In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man: But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoso keepeth his mouth and his tongue Keepeth his soul from troubles.

Isaiah 3:10

Say ye of the righteous, that it shall be well with him: for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Isaiah 57:19

I create the fruit of the lips: Peace, peace, to him that is far off and to him that is near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.

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.

2 Corinthians 11:15

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one a savour from death unto death; to the other a savour from life unto life. And who is sufficient for these things?

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth, but such as is good for edifying as the need may be, that it may give grace to them that hear.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer each one.

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering great swelling words of vanity, they entice in the lusts of the flesh, by lasciviousness, those who are just escaping from them that live in error;