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Selected Verse: Proverbs 18:21 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 18:21 |
Strong Concordance |
Death [04194] and life [02416] are in the power [03027] of the tongue [03956]: and they that love [0157] it shall eat [0398] the fruit [06529] thereof. |
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King James |
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Death and life--or, the greatest evil and good.
that love it--that is, the tongue, or its use for good or evil.
eat . . . fruit--(Compare Pro 18:19; Jam 1:19). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Death and life - Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of their tongues. Lovest - That love much talking. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Death and life are in the power of the tongue - This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies most forcibly to public pleaders; on many of their tongues hangs life or death. |
19 Wherefore [5620], my [3450] beloved [27] brethren [80], let [2077] every [3956] man [444] be [2077] swift [5036] to [1519] hear [191], slow [1021] to [1519] speak [2980], slow [1021] to [1519] wrath [3709]:
19 A brother [0251] offended [06586] is harder to be won than a strong [05797] city [07151]: and their contentions [04079] [04066] are like the bars [01280] of a castle [0759].