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20 With the fruit of one’s mouth one’s belly is filled,
    with the produce of one’s lips one is sated.[a](A)

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  1. 18:20 Fruit from the earth is our ordinary sustenance, but “the fruit of one’s lips,” i.e., our words, also affect our well-being. If our words and our deeds are right, then we are blessed, our “belly is filled.”

20 You will have to live with the consequences of everything you say.

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20 With the [a](A)fruit of a person’s mouth his stomach will be satisfied;
(B)He will be satisfied with the product of his lips.

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  1. Proverbs 18:20 I.e., speech

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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