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Proverbs 18:20-21
World English Bible

20 A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
    With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
    those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Proverbs 18:20-21
International Standard Version

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