Proverbs 18:20
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Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.

Proverbs 12:13,14 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress. . . .

Proverbs 13:2 Of the fruit of his own month shall a man be filled with good things: but the soul of transgressors is wicked.

Proverbs 22:18,21 Which shall be beautiful for thee, if thou keep it in thy bowels, and it shall flow in thy lips: . . .

Proverbs 25:11,12 To speak a word in due time, is like apples of gold on beds of silver. . . .

Context
The Selfishness of the Unfriendly
19A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities. 20Of the fruit of a man's mouth shall his belly be satisfied: and the offspring of his lips shall fill him.21Death and life are in the power of the tongue: they that love it, shall eat the fruits thereof.…
Cross References
Proverbs 12:14
By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.

Proverbs 14:14
A fool shall be filled with his own ways, and the good man shall be above him.

Proverbs 18:19
A brother that is helped by his brother, is like a strong city: and judgments are like the bars of cities.

Lexicon
From the fruit
מִפְּרִ֣י (mip·pə·rî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6529: Fruit

of his mouth
פִי־ (p̄î-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to

a man’s
אִ֭ישׁ (’îš)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

belly
בִּטְנ֑וֹ (biṭ·nōw)
Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 990: The belly, the womb, the bosom, body of anything

is filled;
תִּשְׂבַּ֣ע (tiś·ba‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited

with the harvest
תְּבוּאַ֖ת (tə·ḇū·’aṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8393: Product, revenue

from his lips
שְׂפָתָ֣יו (śə·p̄ā·ṯāw)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8193: The lip, language, a margin

he is satisfied.
יִשְׂבָּֽע׃ (yiś·bā‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7646: To be sated, satisfied or surfeited


Additional Translations
From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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

A man fills his belly with the fruits of his mouth; and he shall be satisfied with the fruits of his lips.

A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.

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

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

A man's stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.

From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.
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