Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A good man shall enjoy the fruit of his mouth; but he that hath a froward mind, shall be spoiled.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Holman Bible
a man will enjoy good things,
but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.
International Standard Version
From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit, but the treacherous crave violence.
A Conservative Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
American Standard Version
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous'shall eat violence.
Amplified
From the fruit of his mouth a [wise] man enjoys good,
But the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
Bible in Basic English
A man will get good from the fruit of his lips, but the desire of the false is for violent acts.
Darby Translation
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
Julia Smith Translation
From the fruit of a man's mouth he shall eat good: and the soul of the transgressing, violence.
King James 2000
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors feeds on violence.
Lexham Expanded Bible
From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
Modern King James verseion
From the fruit of his mouth a man shall eat good, but the soul of the treacherous eats violence.
NET Bible
From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the faithless desire the fruit of violence.
New Heart English Bible
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.
The Emphasized Bible
Of the fruit of his mouth, shall a man eat what is good, but, the soul of the treacherous, shall be sated with violence.
Webster
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
World English Bible
By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.
Youngs Literal Translation
From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 13:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Wise Son Lives Righteously
1 A wise son will receive his father's warning; but he that is scornful, will not hear when he is reproved. 2 A good man shall enjoy the fruit of his mouth; but he that hath a froward mind, shall be spoiled. 3 He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life; but whoso speaketh unadvised, findeth harm.
Cross References
Proverbs 12:14
Every man shall enjoy good according to the innocency of his mouth; and after the works of his hands shall he be rewarded.
Proverbs 1:31
Therefore shall they eat the fruits of their own way, and be filled with their own counsels:
Psalm 75:8
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. As for the dregs thereof, all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
Psalm 140:11
A man full of words shall not prosper upon the earth; a malicious and wicked person shall be hunted away, and destroyed.
Proverbs 1:11-13
if they entice thee, and say, "Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, and lurk privily for the innocent without a cause:
Proverbs 1:18
Yea, they themselves lay wait one for another's blood, and one of them would slay another.
Proverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of robbery.
Proverbs 10:11
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life; but the mouth of the ungodly is past shame, and presumptuous.
Proverbs 18:20
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his own mouth, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
Jeremiah 25:27-31
'And say thou unto them: This is the commandment of the LORD of Hosts the God of Israel: Drink and be drunken, spew and fall, that ye never rise: and that through the sword which I will send among you.
Habakkuk 2:8
Seeing thou hast spoiled many Heathen, therefore shall the remnant of the people spoil thee: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city and unto all them that dwell therein.
Habakkuk 2:17
For the wrong that thou hast done in Lebanon shall overwhelm thee, and the wild beasts shall make thee afraid: because of men's blood, and for the wrong done in the land, in the city, and to all such as dwell therein.
Revelation 16:6
for they shed out the blood of saints, and prophets, and therefore hast thou given them blood to drink: for they are worthy."