Proverbs 18:21

How To Avoid Fools And Foolishness

²⁰ From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied. ²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those loving it eat its fruit. ²² Whoso hath found a wife hath found good, And bringeth out good-will from Jehovah.

Eat the Fruit

Ephesians 4:29

Let no corrupt word out of your mouth go forth, but what is good unto the needful building up, that it may give grace to the hearers;

Matthew 12:35-37

The good man out of the good treasure of the heart doth put forth the good things, and the evil man out of the evil treasure doth put forth evil things.

Colossians 4:6

your word always in grace -- with salt being seasoned -- to know how it behoveth you to answer each one.

Proverbs 10:19-21

In the abundance of words transgression ceaseth not, And whoso is restraining his lips is wise.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

Proverbs 11:30

The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.

Proverbs 12:13

In transgression of the lips is the snare of the wicked, And the righteous goeth out from distress.

Proverbs 13:2-3

From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous -- violence.

Proverbs 18:4-7

Deep waters are the words of a man's mouth, The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

Ecclesiastes 10:12-14

Words of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.

Titus 1:10-11

for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision --

James 3:6-9

and the tongue is a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.

Isaiah 57:19

Producing the fruit of the lips, 'Peace, peace,' to the far off, and to the near, And I have healed him, said Jehovah.

Romans 10:14-15

How then shall they call upon him in whom they did not believe? and how shall they believe on him of whom they did not hear? and how shall they hear apart from one preaching?

2 Corinthians 2:16

to the one, indeed, a fragrance of death to death, and to the other, a fragrance of life to life; and for these things who is sufficient?

2 Corinthians 11:15

no great thing, then, if also his ministrants do transform themselves as ministrants of righteousness -- whose end shall be according to their works.

2 Peter 2:18

for overswellings of vanity speaking, they do entice in desires of the flesh -- lasciviousnesses, those who had truly escaped from those conducting themselves in error,