Proverbs 18:21 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

ASV:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

BBE:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.

DBY:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

ERV:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

JPS:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.

WBS:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.

WEB:

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

YLT:

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.

Proverbs 18:21 Cross References

XREF:

Proverbs 12:13 An evil man is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, But the righteous will escape from trouble.

Proverbs 13:2 From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.

Proverbs 13:3 The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

Isaiah 3:10 Say to the righteous that it will go well with them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.

Hosea 10:13 You have plowed wickedness, you have reaped injustice, You have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your way, in your numerous warriors,

Matthew 12:37 "For by your words you will be justified, and by your words you will be condemned." (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

18:21 Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that {o} love it shall eat the fruit of it.
(o) By the using the tongue well or evil, comes the fruit of it either good or bad.

WES:

18:21 Death and life - Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of their tongues. Lovest - That love much talking.

MHC:

18:19. Great care must be taken to prevent quarrels among relations and those under obligations to each other. Wisdom and grace make it easy to forgive; but corruption makes it difficult. 20. The belly is here put for the heart, as elsewhere; and what that is filled with, our satisfaction will be accordingly, and our inward peace. 21. Many a one has caused his own death, or the death of others, by a false or injurious tongue. 22. A good wife is a great blessing to a man, and it is a token of Divine favour. 23. Poverty tells men they must not order or demand. And at the throne of God's grace we are all poor, and must use entreaties. 24. Christ Jesus never will forsake those who trust in and love him. May we be such friends to others, for our Master's sake. Having loved his own, which were in the world, he loved them unto the end; and we are his friends if we do whatever he commands us, Joh 15:14.

CONC:

Dear Death Eat Fruit Fruits Indulge Love Loving Power Thereof Tongue

Dear Death Eat Food Fruit Fruits Indulge Life Power Thereof Tongue

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