Proverbs 13:2
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
In context
1 A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke.
2 From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
Proverbs 13:2 in every translation
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.
- KJV King James Version
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
- WEB World English Bible
- By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous — violence.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.
- WBS Webster Bible
- A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.