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Proverbs 18:21

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

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  1. Proverbs 18:19

    A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.

  2. Proverbs 18:20

    A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

  3. Proverbs 18:22

    Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favour of the Lord.

  4. Proverbs 18:23

    The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.