Proverbs 12:14

New English Translation

A person will be satisfied with good from the fruit of his words, and the work of his hands will be rendered to him.

Cross References

Job 34:11

For he repays a person for his work, and according to the conduct of a person, he causes the consequences to find him.

Psalm 63:5

As if with choice meat you satisfy my soul. My mouth joyfully praises you,

Proverbs 1:31

Therefore they will eat from the fruit of their way, and they will be stuffed full of their own counsel.

Proverbs 13:2

From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.

Proverbs 14:14

The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his.

Proverbs 15:23

A person has joy in giving an appropriate answer, and a word at the right time – how good it is!

Proverbs 19:17

The one who is gracious to the poor lends to the Lord, and the Lord will repay him for his good deed.

Proverbs 24:12

If you say, “But we did not know about this,” does not the one who evaluates hearts consider? Does not the one who guards your life know? Will he not repay each person according to his deeds?

Proverbs 5:22

The wicked will be captured by his own iniquities, and he will be held by the cords of his own sin.

Jeremiah 17:10

I, the Lord, probe into people’s minds. I examine people’s hearts. I deal with each person according to how he has behaved. I give them what they deserve based on what they have done.

Jeremiah 21:14

But I will punish you as your deeds deserve,’ says the Lord. ‘I will set fire to your palace; it will burn up everything around it.’”

Hosea 4:9

I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.

Matthew 16:27

For the Son of Man will come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.

Hebrews 11:26

He regarded abuse suffered for Christ to be greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for his eyes were fixed on the reward.

Hebrews 2:2

For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,