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A man`s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth. With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.
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Your Words Are Your Harvest
Commentators explain that this verse uses an agricultural metaphor. Your words are like seeds you sow, and you will inevitably be filled with the 'fruit' or 'increase' they produce. As John Gill notes, just as a farmer reaps what he sows, a person experiences the harvest of their own speech, leading to either satisfaction or trouble.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The general sense is plain. A man must for good or evil take the consequence of his words, as well as his deeds. Compare the reference in the margi…
19th Century
Anglican
A man’s belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth.—See above on Proverbs 12:14.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth , &c.] With his own words and discourses, when they are…
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The belly here stands for the heart, as elsewhere; and whatever fills it, our satisfaction will be accordingly, and so too our inward peace.
