Proverbs 18:20
A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
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- Proverbs 12:13–14 In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth; And the doings of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
- Proverbs 25:11–12 A word fitly spoken Is like apples of gold in network of silver. As an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, So is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Proverbs 13:2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.