Proverbs 18:21New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue; And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit of it.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Death and life, are in the power of the tongue, and, its friends, shall eat its fruits.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Death ? life are in the power of ye tongue, and they that loue it, shal eate the fruite thereof.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue; and they that loue it shall eate the fruite thereof.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Death and life are in the power of the tongue; and those who love it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Life and death are in the power of the tongue; and they that rule it shall eat the fruits thereof.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. |
Death
4194 {4194} Primeמָוֶתmaveth{maw'-veth}
From H4191; death (natural or violent); concretely the dead, their place or state ( hades); figuratively pestilence, ruin.
and life
2416 {2416} Primeחַיchay{khah'-ee}
From H2421; alive; hence raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively.
[ are] in the power
3027 {3027} Primeיָדyad{yawd}
A primitive word; a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote.
of the tongue:
3956 {3956} Primeלָשׁוֹןlashown{law-shone'}
From H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water).
and they that love
157 {0157} Primeאָהַב'ahab{aw-hab'}
A primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
it shall eat
398 {0398} Primeאָכַל'akal{aw-kal'}
A primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
the fruit
6529 {6529} Primeפְּרִיp@riy{per-ee'}
From H6509; fruit (literally or figuratively).
thereof. |
Proverbs 18:21
_ _ Death and life — or, the greatest evil and good.
_ _ that love it — that is, the tongue, or its use for good or evil.
_ _ eat ... fruit — (Compare Proverbs 18:19; James 1:19). |
Proverbs 18:21
_ _ Note, 1. A man may do a great deal of good, or a great deal of hurt, both to others and to himself, according to the use he makes of his tongue. Many a one has been his own death by a foul tongue, or the death of others by a false tongue; and, on the contrary, many a one has saved his own life, or procured the comfort of it, by a prudent gentle tongue, and saved the lives of others by a seasonable testimony or intercession for them. And, if by our words we must be justified or condemned, death and life are, no doubt, in the power of the tongue. Tongues were Aesop's best meat, and his worst. 2. Men's words will be judged of by the affections with which they speak; he that not only speaks aright (which a bad man may do to save his credit or please his company), but loves to speak so, speaks well of choice, and with delight, to him it will be life; and he that not only speaks amiss (which a good man may do through inadvertency), but loves to speak so (Psalms 52:4), to him it will be death. As men love it they shall eat the fruit of it. |
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life — Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of their tongues. Lovest — That love much talking. |
Proverbs 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. |
- Death:
Proverbs 18:4-7 The words of a man's mouth [are as] deep waters, [and] the wellspring of wisdom [as] a flowing brook. ... A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Proverbs 10:20-21 The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth. ... The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 11:30 The fruit of the righteous [is] a tree of life; and he that winneth souls [is] wise.
Matthew 12:35-37 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. ... For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Romans 10:14-15 How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? ... And how shall they preach, except they be sent? as it is written, How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things!
2 Corinthians 2:16 To the one [we are] the savour of death unto death; and to the other the savour of life unto life. And who [is] sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 11:15 Therefore [it is] no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.
Ephesians 4:29 Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Colossians 4:6 Let your speech [be] alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
Titus 1:10-11 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: ... Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
James 3:6-9 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. ... Therewith bless we God, even the Father; and therewith curse we men, which are made after the similitude of God.
2 Peter 2:18 For when they speak great swelling [words] of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, [through much] wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error.
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Proverbs 10:19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. ... A fool also is full of words: a man cannot tell what shall be; and what shall be after him, who can tell him?
Isaiah 57:19 I create the fruit of the lips; Peace, peace to [him that is] far off, and to [him that is] near, saith the LORD; and I will heal him.
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