Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
Proverbs 13:2 - Revised Standard Version From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: But the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A good man eats good from the fruit of his mouth, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence. American Standard Version (1901) A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence. Common English Bible People eat well from the fruit of their words, but the treacherous have an appetite only for violence. Catholic Public Domain Version From the fruit of his own month, a man shall be satisfied with good things. But the soul of betrayers is iniquity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked. |
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, with foaming wine, well mixed; and he will pour a draught from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
but these men lie in wait for their own blood, they set an ambush for their own lives.
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way and be sated with their own devices.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
From the fruit of his words a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
You have plowed iniquity, you have reaped injustice, you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your chariots and in the multitude of your warriors,
The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you; the destruction of the beasts will terrify you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of men and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell therein.
For men have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink. It is their due!”