Proverbs 13:2
Old Testament • 9 words with Strong's data
"A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
פְּרִי
pᵉrîy
fruit (literally or figuratively)
פֶּה
peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos...
נֶפֶשׁ
nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...
בָּגַד
bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
אָכַל
ʼâkal
to eat (literally or figuratively)
חָמָס
châmâç
violence; by implication, wrong; by meton. unjust gain
Key Terms in This Verse
בָּגַד bâgad
to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage
Study H898 →פֶּה peh
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Study H6310 →נֶפֶשׁ nephesh
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
Study H5315 →טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →אִישׁ ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Study H376 →Cross References
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.
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee; because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.
For in the hand of the LORD there is a cup, and the wine is red; it is full of mixture; and he poureth out of the same: but the dregs thereof, all the wicked of the earth shall wring them out, and dri...
For the violence of Lebanon shall cover thee, and the spoil of beasts, which made them afraid, because of men’s blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all that dwell therein.
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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