Proverbs 18:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 18:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that (o) love it shall eat the fruit of it. (o) By the using the tongue well or evil, comes the fruit of it either good or bad.
Proverbs 18:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:1 . MT yields no satisfactory sense. The LXX reads The man who wishes to separate from his friends seeks pretexts, but is always liable to reproach. Frankenberg renders the alienated f...
Proverbs 18:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

power. Hebrew "hand", put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), App-6, for the power put forth by it. the tongue. Illustrations: the ten spies ( Numbers 14:36 ; Numbers 14:37 ); Doeg ( 1 S...
Proverbs 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Death and life are in the power of the tongue - This may apply to all men. Many have lost their liv...
Proverbs 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Death and life (are) in the power of the tongue. "Death and life," both of body and soul; bot...
Proverbs 18:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Lit. 'One who separates himself seeks desire, quarrels with all wisdom.' This would mean that a solitary recluse follows his own wishes and opposes everything reasonable. But LXX suggests, 'Th...
Proverbs 18:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. — See above on Proverbs 4:23 , where much the same power is attributed to the heart as is here given to the tongue as being its exponent. (Comp. also...
Proverbs 18:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 19 THE EVIL OF ISOLATION "He that separates himself follows after his own desire, but against all sound wisdom he shows his teeth."- Proverbs 18:1 FROM the value of friendship there is...
Proverbs 18:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 18:1 . The protest of this proverb is against the self-satisfaction which makes a man separate himself from the thoughts and opinions of others. Such a one finally "rages against," or...
Proverbs 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

He that is first in his own cause seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him. The lot causeth contentions to cease, and parteth between the mighty. A brother offended is harder to be wo...
Proverbs 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue ,.... Of witnesses, according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they...
Proverbs 18:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Ver. 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue. ] That best and worst member of the body...
Proverbs 18:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Life and death are in the power of the tongue Are brought upon men by the good or bad use of their tongues; and they that love it Namely, the tongue; that love much talking; shall eat the fruit...
Proverbs 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof. Note, 1. A man may do a great deal of good, or a great deal of hurt, both to ot...
Proverbs 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Are in the power of the tongue; are brought upon men by the good or bad use of their tongues. That love it; either, 1. The tongue; that love and use much talking, which is oft censured as a sin...
Proverbs 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Tongue Affects Man In Many Ways, Making Him Strong And Wise, And Giving Him Life, Or Causing Him Great Grief, Finally Resulting In Death ( Proverbs 18:14-21 ). In this subsection we have an em...
Proverbs 18:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 18:20 . Satisfied . “If this word is taken in a good sense the fruit must be good; but it may be ironical, meaning false or malignant words will find ample retribution....
Proverbs 18:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 I. The tongue is like a steed ( James 3:3 ): (1) When it speaks too much; (2) when it is boasting; (3) when it is angry. II. The tongue is like a sword ( Psalms 57:4 ): (1) Against...
Proverbs 18:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:1 . Through desire a man having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom. יתגלע yithgalâ; this word occurs but thrice, and only in the book of Proverbs; viz. here...
Proverbs 18:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Death and life are in the power of the tongue. The power of speech Of all the powers that man possesses there is scarcely any more awful than the power of speech. It is a God-like power. Human...
Proverbs 18:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and inte...
Proverbs 18:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, that is, the one or the other will be the fate of man, in agreement with the manner in which he used his tongue; and they that love it shall e...
Proverbs 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 11:15 ; 2 Corinthians 2:16 ; 2 Peter 2:18 ; Colossians 4:6 ; Ecclesiastes 10:12-14 ; Ephesians 4:29 ; Isaiah 57:19 ; James 3:6-9 ; Matthew 12:35-37 ; Proverbs 10:19 ; Proverb...
Proverbs 18:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Death and life — Are brought upon men by, the good or bad use of their tongues. Lovest — That love much talking.

Proverbs 18:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 18:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 18:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 18:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 18:21 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 18:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 18:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 18:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 18:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes