Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Proverbs 18:18–24
The lot settles disputes,
and keeps strong ones apart.
A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city.
Disputes are like the bars of a fortress.
A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.
With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
those who love it will eat its fruit.
Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,
and obtains favor of the LORD.
The poor plead for mercy,
but the rich answer harshly.
A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
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