Proverbs 13:2

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

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

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 1:31

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

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 11:23

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

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 18:21

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

Proverbs 4:17

Their food and drink are violence and cruelty.

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.

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.

Revelation 16:6

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