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Proverbs 18

Prov. 18:21 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Death
maveth (Hebrew #4194)
death (natural or violent); concretely, the dead, their place or state (hades); figuratively, pestilence, ruin
KJV usage: (be) dead((-ly)), death, die(-d).
Pronounce: maw'-veth
Origin: from 4191
and life
chay (Hebrew #2416)
alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively
KJV usage: + age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
Pronounce: khah'-ee
Origin: from 2421
are in the power
yad (Hebrew #3027)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from 3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote (as follows)
KJV usage: (+ be) able, X about, + armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, X bounty, + broad, (broken-)handed, X by, charge, coast, + consecrate, + creditor, custody, debt, dominion, X enough, + fellowship, force, X from, hand(-staves, -y work), X he, himself, X in, labour, + large, ledge, (left-)handed, means, X mine, ministry, near, X of, X order, ordinance, X our, parts, pain, power, X presumptuously, service, side, sore, state, stay, draw with strength, stroke, + swear, terror, X thee, X by them, X themselves, X thine own, X thou, through, X throwing, + thumb, times, X to, X under, X us, X wait on, (way-)side, where, + wide, X with (him, me, you), work, + yield, X yourselves.
Pronounce: yawd
Origin: a primitive word
of the tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
s: and they that love
'ahab (Hebrew #157)
a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
KJV usage: (be-)love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
Pronounce: aw-hab'
Origin: or raheb {aw-habe'}
it shall eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
the fruit
priy (Hebrew #6529)
fruit (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bough, ((first-)) fruit((-ful)), reward.
Pronounce: per-ee'
Origin: from 6509
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Matt. 12:37• 37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:37)
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Isa. 57:19• 19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace, to [him that is] afar off and to [him that is] near, saith Jehovah, and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:19)

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Ministry on This Verse

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Prov. 18:4‑7• 4The words of a man's mouth [are] deep waters,{HR}The fountain of wisdom [is] a gushing brook.
 5To accept the person of the wicked is not good, —{HR}To wrong the righteous in judgment.
 6A fool's lips enter into contention,{HR}And his mouth calleth for blows.
 7A fool's mouth [is] his destruction,{HR}And his lips [are] a snare to his soul. (Prov. 18:4‑7)
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Prov. 10:20‑21,31• 20The tongue of the righteous [is as] choice silver;{HR}The heart of a wicked one [is] little worth.
 21The lips of the righteous feed many;{HR}But fools die for want of understanding.
 31The mouth of the righteous one putteth forth wisdom;{HR}But the froward tongue shall be cut off. (Prov. 10:20‑21,31)
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Prov. 11:30• 30The fruit of the righteous [is] as a tree of life;{HR}And the wise winneth souls. (Prov. 11:30)
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Matt. 12:35‑37• 35The good man out of the good treasure brings forth good things; and the wicked man out of the wicked treasure brings forth wicked things.
 36But I say unto you, that every idle word which men shall say, they shall render an account of it in judgment-day:
 37for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. (Matt. 12:35‑37)
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Rom. 10:14‑15• 14How then shall they call on him, in whom they have not believed? and how believe in him of whom they heard not? and how hear without a preacher?
 15and how preach unless they have been sent? According as it is written, “How beautiful the feet of those that announce glad tidings of peace, of those that announce glad tidings of good things!” (Rom. 10:14‑15)
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2 Cor. 2:16• 16to the one an odour from death unto death, but to the others an odour from life unto life; and who [is] sufficient for these things? (2 Cor. 2:16)
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2 Cor. 11:15• 15[it is] no great thing then if his servants also transform themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end shall be according to their works. (2 Cor. 11:15)
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Eph. 4:29• 29Let no corrupt word proceed out of your mouth, but if [there be] anyone good for edification of the need, that it may give grace to those that hear. (Eph. 4:29)
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Col. 4:6• 6Let your speech be always in grace, seasoned with salt, to know how ye must answer each one. (Col. 4:6)
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Titus 1:10‑11• 10For there are many unruly ones, vain speakers and deceivers, specially those of [the] circumcision,
 11whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:10‑11)
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James 3:6‑9• 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna.
 7For every nature of both wild beasts and birds, of both things that creep and things in the sea, is tamed and hath been tamed by the nature of man;
 8but the tongue is none of men able to tame; an unsettled evil, full of deadly poison.
 9Therewith we bless the Lord and [the] Father, and therewith we curse men that are made according to God's likeness. (James 3:6‑9)
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2 Peter 2:18• 18For uttering overswellings of vanity, they allure in lusts of the flesh, by dissolutenesses, those that are just escaping from them that walk in error, (2 Peter 2:18)
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Prov. 10:19• 19In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression;{HR}But he that restraineth his lips doeth wisely. (Prov. 10:19)
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Eccl. 10:12‑14• 12The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious,{HR}But the lips of a fool swallow him up.
 13The beginning of his mouth's words is foolishness,{HR}And the end of his mouth mischievous madness.
 14But a fool multiplieth words.{HR}Man knoweth not what shall be;{HR}And what shall be after, who telleth him? (Eccl. 10:12‑14)
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Isa. 57:19• 19I create the fruit of the lips: peace, peace, to [him that is] afar off and to [him that is] near, saith Jehovah, and I will heal him. (Isa. 57:19)
• If the words be evil, the harvest is just as certain; and it is well known that weeds and noxious plants will flourish where nourishing fruits and grains cannot come to perfection. The man of unholy lips shall find abundant result from his reckless words, and shall as truly as the other “eat the fruit thereof.” (“Proverbs Eighteen” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue;{HR}And they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.