A person will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the work of a person’s hands will reward him.
Proverbs 14:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The disloyal one will get what his conduct deserves, and a good one, what his deeds deserve. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The backslider in heart [from God and from fearing God] shall be filled with [the fruit of] his own ways, and a good man shall be satisfied with [the fruit of] his ways [with the holy thoughts and actions which his heart prompts and in which he delights]. American Standard Version (1901) The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways; And a good man shall be satisfied from himself. Common English Bible Rebellious hearts receive satisfaction from their ways; the good receive the due reward for their deeds. Catholic Public Domain Version The foolish will be filled up by his own ways. And the good man shall be above him. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him. |
A person will be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth, and the work of a person’s hands will reward him.
No disaster overcomes the righteous, but the wicked are full of misery.
The heart knows its own bitterness, and no outsider shares in its joy.
The inexperienced one believes anything, but the sensible one watches his steps.
From the fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is filled with the product of his lips.
If you are wise, you are wise for your own benefit; if you mock, you alone will bear the consequences.’
This is what the Lord says: Cursed is the person who trusts in mankind. He makes human flesh his strength, and his heart turns from the Lord.
Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Recognise how evil and bitter it is for you to abandon the Lord your God and to have no fear of me. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies.
Why have these people turned away? Why is Jerusalem always turning away? They take hold of deceit; they refuse to return.
So I have poured out my indignation on them and consumed them with the fire of my fury. I have brought their conduct down on their own heads.’ This is the declaration of the Lord God.
For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn cow. Can the Lord now shepherd them like a lamb in an open meadow?
and those who turn back from following the Lord, who do not seek the Lord or enquire of him.
But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty again. In fact, the water I will give him will become a well , of water springing up in him for eternal life.’
Indeed, this is our boast: The testimony of our conscience is that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially towards you, with godly sincerity and purity, not by human wisdom but by God’s grace.
Let each person examine his own work, and then he can take pride in himself alone, and not compare himself with someone else.
because the one who sows to his flesh will reap destruction from the flesh, but the one who sows to the Spirit will reap eternal life from the Spirit.
Watch out, brothers and sisters, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.