Proverbs 18:21
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Proverbs 18:21 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Proverbs 18:21 is a verse from the book of Proverbs in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Proverbs 18:21 — KJV
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
— Proverbs 18:21 (KJV)
Proverbs 18:21 in Context — About the Book of Proverbs
Proverbs is distilled wisdom for ordinary decisions — money, words, work, friendship, marriage, anger, and the tongue. Its premise is simple: the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. Thirty-one chapters make it the classic one-chapter-a-day book for praying through daily choices.
Cross-References for Proverbs 18:21
“If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life: fruits: Heb. strength the owners...: Heb. the soul of the owners thereof to expire, or, breathe out”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:21: life, eat, fruit
“Awake, O north wind; and come, thou south; blow upon my garden, that the spices thereof may flow out. Let my beloved come into his garden, and eat his pleasant fruits.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:21: love, eat, fruit
“Set me as a seal upon thine heart, as a seal upon thine arm: for love is strong as death; jealousy is cruel as the grave: the coals thereof are coals of fire, which hath a most vehement flame. cruel: Heb. hard”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:21: death, love, eat
“Say thou, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Shall it prosper? shall he not pull up the roots thereof, and cut off the fruit thereof, that it wither? it shall wither in all the leaves of her spring, even without great power or many people to pluck it up by the roots thereof.”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:21: power, eat, fruit
“For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,”
Shares key themes with Proverbs 18:21: death, life, power
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