Proverbs 13:2

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

Psalm 75:8

For the Lord holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”

Proverbs 1:18

but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they ambush their own lives!

Proverbs 1:31

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

Proverbs 10:11

The teaching of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

Proverbs 11:23

What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath.

Proverbs 12:14

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

Proverbs 18:20

From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied, with the product of his lips is he satisfied.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 4:17

For they eat bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

Hosea 10:13

But you have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of deception. Because you have depended on your chariots; you have relied on your many warriors.

Habakkuk 2:17

For you will pay in full for your violent acts against Lebanon; terrifying judgment will come upon you because of the way you destroyed the wild animals living there. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you robbed many countries, all who are left among the nations will rob you. You have shed human blood and committed violent acts against lands, cities, and those who live in them.

Revelation 16:6

because they poured out the blood of your saints and prophets, so you have given them blood to drink. They got what they deserved!”