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Proverbs 13:2
2If you say kind words, you will eat good things. But wicked people only want to be cruel.
Proverbs 13:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
- New International Version (NIV)From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.
- English Standard Version (ESV)From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, But the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
Context of Proverbs 13:2
1A wise son listens to his father's teaching. But if you tell a proud person that he is wrong, he will not listen. If you say kind words, you will eat good things. But wicked people only want to be cruel. 3Someone who thinks before he speaks will keep his life safe. But someone who talks too much will destroy himself. 4A lazy person always wants to have more, but he will not get it. If a person works hard, he will have more than he needs.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:2 word by word
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ יֹ֣אכַל ט֑וֹב וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בֹּגְדִ֣ים חָמָֽס׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Proverbs 13:2
- Proverbs 12:14If you say good things, you will receive good things that make you happy. You will receive what you deserve from the things that you do.
- Proverbs 18:20If you speak words that help people, they are like good food.
- Proverbs 1:11They may say, ‘Come with us. We will find someone to murder. We will attack any helpless person that we choose.
- Proverbs 4:17Evil acts are their food. Violence is their drink.
- Proverbs 10:11The teaching of righteous people gives life, like a spring of water. But the words of wicked people hide their anger.
- Psalms 75:8The Lord holds a cup of punishment in his hand. It is full of wine, with spices in it. The Lord pours out his anger from this cup. All the wicked people in the world will have to drink it. They will drink all of it, so that none remains.
- Psalms 140:11People who tell cruel lies should not live in our land. Trouble will happen to people who like to fight. Bad trouble will knock them down!
- Jeremiah 25:27Then the Lord said to me, ‘Tell them that the Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says, “Drink the wine from this cup until you become drunk. Drink so much that you are sick. Drink it until you fall down and cannot get up again, because you know that I will send armies to attack you.”
- Habakkuk 2:8You have robbed many nations. You have murdered people in many lands. You have destroyed towns and the people who live in them. Now the people who remain will come to rob you.
- Revelation 16:6They have killed your people and your prophets. They have caused your servants to bleed and to die. So now you have given these bad people blood to drink. That is what ought to happen to them. It is right.’
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:2
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2The fruit of his mouth - Speech rightly used is itself good, and must therefore bring good fruit. Eat violence - i. e., Bring upon itself repayment in kind for its deeds of evil.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 2Verse 2 By our words we must be justified or condemned, Mt 12:37.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. shall eat--that is, obtain (Pr 12:14). transgressors--as in Pr 2:22. violence--or, "mischief" to themselves.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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