Proverbs 13:2 - The Scriptures 1998

² From the fruit of the mouth a man eats the good, But the desire of the treacherous is for 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.

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.

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.

Proverbs 13:2 Cross References

Psalm 140:11

“Let not a slanderer be established in the earth; Let evil hunt the man of violence speedily.”

Psalm 75:8

For a cup is in the hand of יהוה, And the wine shall foam; It is filled with a mixture, And He pours it out. All the wrong of the earth drink, Draining it to the dregs.

Proverbs 1:18

But they lie in wait for their own blood, They ambush their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31

“Therefore let them eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled with their own counsels.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, But violence covers the mouth of the wrong.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous is only good, The expectancy of the wrong is wrath.

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of his mouth one is filled with good, And the work of a man’s hands is given back to him.

Proverbs 18:20

A man’s stomach is satisfied From the fruit of his mouth; He is satisfied with the increase of his lips.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Proverbs 4:17

For they have eaten the bread of wrongdoing, And they drink the wine of violence.

Hosea 10:13

You have ploughed wrongness, you have reaped unrighteousness, you have eaten the fruit of lying, because you trusted in your own way, in your many mighty men.

Habakkuk 2:17

“For the violence done to Leḇ

Habakkuk 2:8

“Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you, because of men’s blood, and doing violence to the land, to the city, and to all who dwell in it.

Revelation 16:6

“Because they have shed the blood of set-apart ones and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink. For they deserve it.”