Proverbs 18:21

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Ephesians 4:29

Let no unwholesome word proceed out of your mouth, but only that which is good for building up, that it may give grace to the listeners.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you should answer everyone.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be silenced.

Proverbs 12:13

The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the righteous will escape from trouble.

Isaiah 57:19

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

Proverbs 11:30

As the fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, so he who wins souls is wise.

2 Peter 2:18

For when they speak arrogant words of vanity, they entice by the lusts of the flesh and by depravity those who barely escaped from those who live in error.

2 Corinthians 11:15

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

2 Corinthians 2:16

To the one we are the fragrance of death, which brings death, and to the other the fragrance of life, which brings life. Who is sufficient for these things?

Proverbs 21:23

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

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness. You have reaped iniquity, and you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your power and in the numbers of your warriors,

Psalm 12:5

“Because the poor are plundered, because the needy sigh, now I will arise,” says the Lord; “I will place him in the safety for which he yearns.”