THEOSISProverbs 12:14Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ יִשְׂבַּע־ט֑וֹב וּגְמ֥וּל יְדֵי־אָ֝דָ֗ם ישוב יָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 18:20Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.
- Prov 18:21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.
- Isa 3:10Say to the just man that it is well, for he shall eat the fruit of his doings.
- Isa 3:11Woe to the wicked unto evil: for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
- Prov 13:2Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.
- Ps 63 (62):5
- Prov 15:23A man rejoiceth in the sentence of his mouth: and a word in due time is best.
- Matt 10:41He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.