Proverbs 13:2
1 A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
- KJV
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
- WEB
- By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
- ASV
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous [shall eat] violence.
- DARBY
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
- BLB
- From the fruit of the mouth a man eats good things, and the soul of the treacherous, violence.
- ÅB
- Av sin munns frukt nyter en mann godt, men de troløses hu står til vold.
- OTB
- Av munnens frukt nyter man gode ting, men de troløses begjær er vold.
- B1930
- Av sin munns frukt nyter en mann godt, men de troløses hu står til vold.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 12:14
By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
Read in contextProverbs 18:20
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
Read in contextProverbs 10:11
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
Read in contextPsalms 140:11
May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
Read in contextProverbs 1:31
So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Read in contextProverbs 1:11–13
If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
Read in contextProverbs 4:17
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Read in contextPsalms 75:8
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the dregs.
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