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

21 The tongue has the power of life and death,(B)
    and those who love it will eat its fruit.(C)

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20 The positive words that a man speaks[a] fill his stomach;
    he will be satisfied with what his lips produce.
21 The power of the tongue is life and death—
    those who love to talk[b] will eat what it produces.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:20 Lit. words from a man’s mouth
  2. Proverbs 18:21 Lit. love it

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.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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