20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.(A)

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20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(C)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(D)

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13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

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A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips.

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18 For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

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21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(A)
    so that you bring back truthful reports
    to those you serve?

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21 That I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth; that thou mightest answer the words of truth to them that send unto thee?

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