THEOSISProverbs 18:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.
מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע בִּטְנ֑וֹ תְּבוּאַ֖ת שְׂפָתָ֣יו יִשְׂבָּֽע׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Prov 25:11To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver.
- Prov 25:12As an earring of gold and a bright pearl, so is he that reproveth the wise, and the obedient ear.
- Prov 12:13For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.
- Prov 12:14By 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.
- Prov 13:2Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.
- Prov 22:18Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips:
- Prov 22:21That I might shew thee the certainty, and the words of truth, to answer out of these to them that sent thee.