Proverbs 13:2

Contemporary English Version 1995

You will be well rewarded for saying something kind, but all some people think about is how to be cruel and mean.

Cross References

Proverbs 12:14

We are rewarded or punished for what we say and do.

Proverbs 18:20

Make your words good— you will be glad you did.

Proverbs 10:11

The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

Proverbs 1:31

“Now you will eat the fruit of what you have done, until you are stuffed full with your own schemes.

Psalm 140:11

Chase those cruel liars away! Let trouble hunt them down.

Proverbs 4:17

Their food and drink are cruelty and wickedness.

Revelation 16:6

They poured out the blood of your people and your prophets. So you gave them blood to drink as they deserve!”

Habakkuk 2:17

You destroyed trees and animals on Mount Lebanon; you were ruthless to towns and people everywhere. Now you will be terrorized.

Habakkuk 2:8

You robbed cities and nations everywhere on earth and murdered their people. Now those who survived will be as cruel to you.

Psalm 75:8

You hold in your hand a cup filled with wine, strong and foaming. You will pour out some for every sinful person on this earth, and they will have to drink until it is gone.

Proverbs 1:18

They gang up to murder someone, but they are the victims.

Proverbs 18:21

Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.

Hosea 10:13

You have planted evil, harvested injustice, and eaten the fruit of your lies. You trusted your own strength and your powerful forces.

Proverbs 11:23

Good people want what is best, but troublemakers hope to stir up trouble.