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Verse of the Day

Tuesday, June 23, 2026

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Proverbs 18:21 NIV

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

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Translations of Today's Verse

King James Version

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

English Standard Version

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.

The Message

Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit - you choose.

New King James Version

Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.

New Living Translation

Those who love to talk will experience the consequences, for the tongue can kill or nourish life.

Commentary on Today's Verse

Commentary on Proverbs 18:21

(Read Proverbs 18:21)

Many a one has caused his own death, or the death of others, by a false or injurious tongue.

Proverbs 18:21 In-Context

¹⁹ A brother wronged is more unyielding than a fortified city; disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

²⁰ From the fruit of their mouth a person's stomach is filled; with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.

²¹ The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

²² He who finds a wife finds what is good and receives favor from the Lord.

²³ The poor plead for mercy, but the rich answer harshly.

This Week's Daily Bible Verses

For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess.

Sunday, June 21

John 14:6

Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."

Saturday, June 20

Proverbs 11:2

When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom.

Friday, June 19

1 John 3:11

This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another.

Thursday, June 18

Psalm 1:1-3

Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked or stand in the way of sinners or sit in the seat of mockers. But his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither. Whatever he does prospers.