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

Other Translations of Proverbs 18:21

New International Version

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

English Standard Version

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

The Message

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

New King James Version

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

New Living Translation

21 The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 18:21

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.