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Proverbs 12:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 12:14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
14 From the fruit of their mouths people have their fill of good,(A)
and the works of their hands come back upon them.[a]
Footnotes
- 12:14 The saying contrasts words and deeds. “Fruit” here is not what one normally eats, as in 1:31; 8:19; 31:16, 31, but the consequences of one’s actions. In the second line the things that issue from one’s hands (one’s deeds) come back to one in recompense or punishment. Prv 13:2a and 18:20 are variants. Cf. Mt 7:17; Gal 6:8.
Proverbs 13:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 13:2
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
2 From the fruit of the mouth one enjoys good things,(A)
but from the throat of the treacherous comes violence.[a]
Footnotes
- 13:2 One’s mouth normally eats food from outside, but in the moral life, things are reversed: one eats from the fruit of one’s mouth, i.e., one experiences the consequences of one’s own actions. Since the mouth of the treacherous is filled with violence, one must assume that they will some day endure violence.
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