Proverbs 18:21

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

Related Commentaries of 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, come...
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 liabl...
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 sp...
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 - T...
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 to...
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 oppo...
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 give...
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."- Pro...
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...
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...
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...
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 th...
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 ton...
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...
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 an...
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 ( Prove...
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 fal...
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 t...
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 t...
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 t...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 18:1 This is a difficult verse, and has obtained various interpretations. The Authorized Version gives, Through desire...
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...
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-...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 18:21

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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