Proverbs 13:2

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

A man eats good from the fruit of the mouth, || And the soul of the treacherous—violence.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

GNV

A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.

JPS

A man shall eat good from the fruit of his mouth; but the desire of the faithless is violence.

LXXE

A good man shall eat of the fruits of righteousness: but the lives of transgressors shall perish before their time.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מִפְּרִ֣י פִי־אִ֭ישׁ יֹ֣אכַל ט֑וֹב וְנֶ֖פֶשׁ בֹּגְדִ֣ים חָמָֽס׃

LXX-Br

Ἀπὸ καρπῶν δικαιοσύνης φάγεται ἀγαθὸς, ψυχαὶ δὲ παρανόμων ὀλοῦνται ἄωροι.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Proverbs 12:14By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
• Proverbs 18:20From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
• Proverbs 10:11The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
• Proverbs 1:31So they will eat the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
• Psalms 140:11May no slanderer be established in the land; may calamity hunt down the man of violence.
• Proverbs 4:17For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
• Psalms 75:8For 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.
• Habakkuk 2:8Because you have plundered many nations, the remnant of the people will plunder you— because of your bloodshed against man and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
• Proverbs 1:11–13If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause, let us swallow them alive like Sheol, and whole like those descending into the Pit. We will find all manner of precious…
• Habakkuk 2:17For your violence against Lebanon will overwhelm you, and the destruction of animals will terrify you, because of your bloodshed against men and your violence against the land, the city, and all their dwellers.
• Revelation 16:6For they have spilled the blood of saints and prophets, and You have given them blood to drink, as they deserve.”
• Jeremiah 25:27–31“Then you are to tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, because of the sword I will send among you.’ If they refuse to…
• Proverbs 1:18But they lie in wait for their own blood; they ambush their own lives.

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