Proverbs 18:21

A Conservative Version

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it.

Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

Colossians 4:6

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

Proverbs 10:31

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

Proverbs 12:13

A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Isaiah 57:19

I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says LORD, and I will heal him.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,

2 Corinthians 11:15

Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

Proverbs 21:23

He who keeps his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

Isaiah 3:10

Say ye of the righteous, that [it is] well, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings.

Hosea 10:13

Ye have plowed wickedness. Ye have reaped iniquity. Ye have eaten the fruit of lies. For thou trusted in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

Psalm 12:5

Because of the oppression of the poor, because of the sighing of the needy, now I will arise, says LORD. I will set him in the safety he gasps for.