The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
The tongue has the power of life and death
Psalm 12:3-4 May the LORD silence all flattering lips and every boastful tongue--those who say, "By our tongues we will prevail; our own lips will defend us--who is lord over us?"
Proverbs 10:19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
and those who love it will eat its fruit
Proverbs 13:2-3 From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things, but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence. Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.
Matthew 12:34b-37 "For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out the the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that everyone will have to give account on the day of judgment for every empty word they have spoken. For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned."
Proverbs 1:30-31 Since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke, they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
Proverbs 12:14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things and the work of their hands brings them reward.
Job 34:11 "He repays everyone for what they have done; he brings on them what their conduct deserves."
Proverbs 18:20 From the fruit of their mouth a person's stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.
Scriptures taken from the Holy Bible, New International Version® NIV®, Copyright© 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.
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