Proverbs 18:21

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Summary

Proverbs 18:21

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

Death

And

Proverbs 10:19

Ecclesiastes 10:12

Isaiah 57:19

General references

Deuteronomy 22:14

Proverbs 21:23

Bible References

Death

The words of a man's mouth are deep waters. It is like a flowing brook and a wellspring of wisdom.

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked has little worth.

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who gains life is wise.

The good man performs good things out of his good treasure. The evil man performs evil things out of his evil treasure.

How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how will they believe in him of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without someone to preach?

To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?

It is no great thing therefore if his ministers also fashion themselves as ministers of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works.

Let no corrupt speech proceed out of your mouth. Speak what is good for understanding as the need may be, that it may give grace (divine favor) to those who hear.

Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer each one.

There are many unruly (rebellious) men, vain talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision.

The tongue is like fire, the place of iniquity among our members. It defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of our life. It is set ablaze like the ever-burning fires in the Valley of Hinnom (Greek: Gehenna: symbolic of total destruction).

For, uttering arrogant words of vanity, they entice in the desires (lusts) of the flesh, by sensuality (lasciviousness), those who are just escaping from the ones who live in error.

And

Sin does not hide from a multitude of words. The wise controls his lips.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

I create the fruit (praise) of the lips: Peace, peace to the near and the far off, says Jehovah, and I will heal him.

General references

he charges her with shameful deeds and publicly defames her. He says: 'When I had sex with this woman, I did not find proof of her virginity.'

He who guards his mouth and holds his tongue stays out of trouble.