the Week of Proper 18 / Ordinary 23
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Proverbs 18:21
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Death and life are in the power of the tongue,and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; Those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death & life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue,And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Words can bring death or life! Talk too much, and you will eat everything you say.
The tongue has power over life and death; those who indulge it must eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
The tongue can speak words that bring life or death. Those who love to talk must be ready to accept what it brings.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those who love it shall eat the fruits thereof.
What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love her will eat of her fruit.
Death and life are in the hand of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those to whom it is dear will have its fruit for their food.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that loue it shall eate the fruite thereof.
Death and life are in the instrument of the tongue, and they that loue it, shall eate the fruite thereof.
Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Deth and lijf ben in the werkis of tunge; thei that louen it, schulen ete the fruytis therof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And those that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love its use will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit—you choose.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Death: Proverbs 18:4-7, Proverbs 10:20, Proverbs 10:21, Proverbs 10:31, Proverbs 11:30, Matthew 12:35-37, Romans 10:14, Romans 10:15, 2 Corinthians 2:16, 2 Corinthians 11:15, Ephesians 4:29, Colossians 4:6, Titus 1:10, Titus 1:11, James 3:6-9, 2 Peter 2:18
and: Proverbs 10:19, Ecclesiastes 10:12-14, Isaiah 57:19
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 22:14 - General Job 6:25 - forcible Job 19:2 - break me Psalms 12:3 - proud Psalms 34:13 - Keep Psalms 39:1 - that I Psalms 52:2 - like Psalms 120:4 - Sharp Psalms 140:11 - an evil speaker Proverbs 10:10 - but Proverbs 12:14 - satisfied Proverbs 21:23 - General Ecclesiastes 10:11 - a babbler Jeremiah 18:18 - Come and let us smite Jeremiah 49:16 - terribleness Hosea 10:12 - Sow Hosea 10:13 - eaten James 1:19 - slow to speak James 3:5 - so
Cross-References
Then came ye LORDE downe, to se ye cite & tower, yt ye childre of me had buylded.
Come on, let vs go downe, & cofounde their tonge eue there, yt one vnderstonde not what another saieth.
Annd the LORDE apeared vnto him in the Okegroue of Mamre, as he sat in his tent dore in the heate of ye daie.
Peradueture there maye be fiftie righteous within ye cite: wilt thou destroye those, and not spare the place, for fiftie righteous sake that are therin?
and am come downe to delyuer them from the power of the Egipcians, and to carye them out of that lode, in to a good and wyde londe, euen in to a londe that floweth with mylke and hony: namely, vnto the place of the Cananites, Hethites, Amorites, Pheresites, Heuytes & Iebusites.
And ye LORDE sayde vnto Moses: Speake vnto the children of Israel: Ye are a styfnecked people, I must once come sodenly vpon the, and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the, yt I maie knowe what to do vnto the.
and thynke vpon all ye waie thorow the which the LORDE thy God hath led the this fortye yeares in the wyldernesse, that he mighte chasten the, and proue the, to wete whath were in thyne herte, whether thou woldest kepe his comaundemetes or no.
Thou shalt not herken vnto the wordes of soch a prophet or dreamer. For ye LORDE youre God proueth you, to wete whether ye loue him with all youre hert, & with all youre soule.
The mightie God ye LORDE, the mightie God the LORDE knoweth, and Israel knoweth also, yf this be a trangressynge or trespacynge agaynst the LORDE, then let it not helpe vs this daye:
There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe, yt can hyde the wicked doers from him.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue,.... Of witnesses, according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they preach; of all men, who, by their well or ill speaking, bring death or life to themselves and others. Some, by their tongues, by the too free use of them, or falsehood they utter, are the cause of death to themselves and others; and some, by their silence, or by their prudent speech and prevalent intercession, secure or obtain life for themselves and others; yea, judgment at the last day will proceed according to a man's words, "By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned", Matthew 12:37; the tongue is the instrument either of a great deal of good, or of a great deal of evil;
and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof; that delight to be talkative; that love to use the tongue, whether in a good or in a bad way, shall accordingly be recompensed; shall enjoy the advantages or disadvantages arising from it.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 18:21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue — This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies most forcibly to public pleaders; on many of their tongues hangs life or death.
