Proverbs 13:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

From the fruit of their words good persons eat good things, but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.

Cross References

Psalm 140:11

Do not let the slanderer be established in the land; let evil speedily hunt down the violent!

Psalm 75:8

For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed; he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.

Proverbs 1:18

yet they lie in wait—to kill themselves! and set an ambush—for their own lives!

Proverbs 1:31

therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.

Proverbs 10:11

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

Proverbs 11:23

The desire of the righteous ends only in good, the expectation of the wicked in wrath.

Proverbs 12:14

From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.

Proverbs 18:20

From the fruit of the mouth one’s stomach is satisfied; the yield of the lips brings satisfaction.

Proverbs 18:21

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

Proverbs 4:17

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

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed wickedness; you have reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots, in the multitude of your warriors,

Habakkuk 2:17

For the violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of the animals will terrify you— because of human bloodshed and violence to the earth, to cities and all who live in them.

Habakkuk 2:8

Because you have plundered many nations, all who survive of the peoples shall plunder you— because of human bloodshed and violence to the earth, to cities and all who live in them.

Revelation 16:6

because they shed the blood of saints and prophets, you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”