2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.


In Context

1 A wise son hears his father's instruction: but a scorner hears not rebuke.

2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

3 He that keeps his mouth keeps his life: but he that opens wide his lips shall have destruction.

4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

Proverbs 13:2 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

13:2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful have a craving for violence.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

13:2Of the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous'shall eat violence.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; but the soul of the treacherous, violence.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:2A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

13:2By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things; but the unfaithful crave violence.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

13:2From the fruit of the mouth a man eateth good, And the soul of the treacherous — violence.