Proverbs 18 · Verse 20

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.

Proverbs 18:20, King James Version

Proverbs 18:20 in other translations

BSB	From the fruit of his mouth a man’s belly is filled; with the harvest from his lips he is satisfied.
WEB	A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
ASV	A man’s belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.
YLT	From the fruit of a man's mouth is his belly satisfied, From the increase of his lips he is satisfied.
DARBY	A man's belly is satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips is he satisfied.
BBE	With the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach will be full; the produce of his lips will be his in full measure.
Webster	A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

What does Proverbs 18:20 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

20. (Compare Pr 12:14; 13:2). Men's words are the fruit, or, increase of his lips, and when good, benefit them. satisfied with--(Compare Pr 1:31; 14:14).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 20 With the fruit of his mouth - Our own words frequently shape our good or evil fortune in life.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

The belly is here put for the heart, as elsewhere; and what that is filled with, our satisfaction will be accordingly, and our inward peace.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 18:20 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

מִפְּרִ֣יmi.pe.Rifrom [the] fruit ofH6529

פִי\־fi-[the] mouth ofH6310

אִ֭ישׁ'isha personH376

תִּשְׂבַּ֣עtis.Ba'it is satisfiedH7646

בִּטְנ֑וֹbit.Nobelly hisH990

תְּבוּאַ֖תte.vu.'At[the] produce ofH8393

שְׂפָתָ֣יוse.fa.Tavlips hisH8193

יִשְׂבָּֽע\׃yis.Ba'he is satisfiedH7646

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 18:20

Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
Proverbs 12:13-14
The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble. A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.
Proverbs 13:2
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
Proverbs 22:18
For it is a pleasant thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall withal be fitted in thy lips.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

12:13,14; 13:2; 22:18,21; 25:11,12

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

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.
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.
Proverbs 18:21
Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.

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Proverbs 18:20 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Del fruto de la boca del hombre se hartará su vientre; hartaráse del producto de sus labios.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Le ventre d’un homme est rassasié du fruit de sa bouche; du revenu de ses lèvres il est rassasié.
German Elberfelder 1871	Von der Frucht des Mundes eines Mannes wird sein Inneres gesättigt, vom Ertrage seiner Lippen wird er gesättigt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	De fructu oris viri replebitur venter ejus, et genimina labiorum ipsius saturabunt eum.