19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city, and their contentions are like the [a]bar of a palace.

20 With the fruit of a man’s mouth shall his belly be satisfied, and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and they that [b]love it, shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:19 Which for the strength thereof will not bow nor yield.
  2. Proverbs 18:21 By the using of the tongue well or evil, cometh the fruit thereof either good or bad.

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