Proverbs 13:2
“A man shall eate good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soule of the transgressours, shall eate violence.”
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Proverbs 13:2 Context
1A wise sonne heareth his fathers instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 2A man shall eate good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soule of the transgressours, shall eate violence. 3He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but hee that openeth wide his lips, shall haue destruction. 4The soule of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soule of the diligent shall be made fat.
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A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.
- King James Version
From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence.
- New American Standard Version (1995)