Proverbs 18:21

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

²⁰ A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the increase of his lips he shall be satisfied. ²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it shall eat the fruit of it. ²² He who finds a wife finds a good thing, and obtains favor from LORD.

Eat the Fruit

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt speech go out of your mouth, rather if there is any good word for edification of a need, so that it may give grace to those who hear.

Matthew 12:35-37

The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things.

Colossians 4:6

your speech always with grace seasoned with salt, to know how it is fitting for you to answer each one.

Proverbs 10:19-21

Transgression is not lacking in the multitude of words, but he who refrains his lips does wisely.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of a righteous man is a tree of life, and he who is wise wins souls.

Proverbs 12:13

A wicked man is snared by the transgression of [his] lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

Proverbs 13:2-3

A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

Proverbs 18:4-7

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

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

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

Titus 1:10-11

For there are also many insubordinate men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those from circumcision,

James 3:6-9

And the tongue is a fire, the world of unrighteousness. Thus, the tongue is made to lead among our body-parts, defiling the whole body, and setting the cycle of nature on fire, and being set on fire by hell.

Isaiah 57:19

I create the fruit of the lips. Peace, peace, to him who is far off and to him who is near, says LORD, and I will heal him.

Romans 10:14-15

How then will they call on whom they have not believed? And how will they believe of whom they have not heard? And how will they hear without preaching?

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one an odor of death for death, and to the other an aroma of life for life. And who is adequate for these things?

2 Corinthians 11:15

Therefore, it is no great thing if his helpers also disguise themselves as helpers of righteousness, whose end will be according to their works.

2 Peter 2:18

For, uttering swollen things of vanity, they entice (to sensuality by lusts of flesh) those who actually escaped from those who live in error,