Proverbs 12:14
By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.
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- Proverbs 18:20–21 From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied. Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit.
- Isaiah 3:10–11 Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor. Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.
- Proverbs 13:2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.