Proverbs 18:21

Tree of Life Version

Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.

Cross References

Psalm 12:5

They say: “With our tongue we’ll prevail. We own our lips—who can master us?”

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and whoever wins souls is wise.

Proverbs 12:13

An evil one is ensnared by the sin of lips, but the righteous one escapes trouble.

Proverbs 21:23

Whoever guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul out of troubles.

Isaiah 3:10

Say to the righteous, he will be well, eating the fruit of their deeds.

Isaiah 57:19

Creating the praise of lips: ‘Shalom, shalom to him who is far and to him who is near,’ says Adonai, ‘and I will heal him.’”

Hosea 10:13

You have plowed up wickedness, you have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of delusion, for you have trusted in your own way, in the multitude of your mighty men.

2 Corinthians 11:15

It is no great thing therefore if his servants also masquerade as servants of righteousness. Their end will be according to their deeds.

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one an aroma from death to death, to the other an aroma from life to life. Who is competent for these things?

Ephesians 4:29

Let no harmful word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for building others up according to the need, so that it gives grace to those who hear it.

Colossians 4:6

Let your speech always be with grace, seasoned with salt, to know how you ought to answer everyone.

2 Peter 2:18

For by mouthing grandiosities that amount to nothing, they entice in sensual fleshly passions those who are barely escaping from those who live in error.