Verse of the Day

Tuesday, February 6, 2024

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

Monday, February 05

Hebrews 12:11

No discipline seems pleasant at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it produces a harvest of righteousness and peace for those who have been trained by it.

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Sunday, February 04

James 4:4

You adulterous people, don't you know that friendship with the world is hatred toward God? Anyone who chooses to be a friend of the world becomes an enemy of God.

Read all of James 4 NIV

Saturday, February 03

Zechariah 4:6

He said to me, "This is the word of the LORD to Zerubbabel: 'Not by might nor by power, but by my Spirit,' says the LORD Almighty."

Read all of Zechariah 4 NIV

Friday, February 02

Deuteronomy 15:7-8

If there is a poor man among your brothers in any of the towns of the land that the LORD your God is giving you, do not be hardhearted or tightfisted toward your poor brother. Rather be openhanded and freely lend him whatever he needs.

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Thursday, February 01

1 Corinthians 12:12-13

The body is a unit, though it is made up of many parts; and though all its parts are many, they form one body. So it is with Christ. For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body--whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free--and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.

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Wednesday, January 31

Proverbs 19:1

Better a poor man whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse.

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Tuesday, January 30

Proverbs 11:2

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

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