Proverbs 13:2

New American Bible - revised edition

From the fruit of the mouth one enjoys good things, but from the throat of the treacherous comes violence.

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

Drop burning coals upon them; cast them into the watery pit never more to rise.

Psalm 75:8

But from God who decides, who brings some low and raises others high.

Proverbs 1:18

They lie in wait for their own blood, they set a trap for their own lives.

Proverbs 1:31

Well, then, they shall eat the fruit of their own way, and with their own devices be glutted.

Proverbs 10:11

The mouth of the just is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the just ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of their mouths people have their fill of good, and the works of their hands come back upon them.

Proverbs 18:20

With the fruit of one’s mouth one’s belly is filled, with the produce of one’s lips one is sated.

Proverbs 18:21

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; those who choose one shall eat its fruit.

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed wickedness, reaped perversity, and eaten the fruit of falsehood. Because you have trusted in your own power, and in your many warriors,

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence done to Lebanon shall cover you, and the destruction of the animals shall terrify you; Because of the shedding of human blood, and violence done to the land, to the city and to all who live in it.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you plundered many nations, the remaining peoples shall plunder you; Because of the shedding of human blood, and violence done to the land, to the city and to all who live in it.

Revelation 16:6

For they have shed the blood of the holy ones and the prophets, and you [have] given them blood to drink; it is what they deserve.”