Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Proverbs 13:2
The fruit of his mouth - Speech rightly used is itself good, and must therefore bring good fruit.
Eat violence - i. e., Bring upon itself repayment in kind for its deeds of evil.
The fruit of his mouth - Speech rightly used is itself good, and must therefore bring good fruit.
Eat violence - i. e., Bring upon itself repayment in kind for its deeds of evil.
CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illust...
PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:1...
MAN. Hebrew. _'ish_. App-14. eat. get his food: "eat" being put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), App-6, for what is gained by effort. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephiesh._ App-13. TRANSGRESSORS. trait...
Comp. with the first clause of this verse Proverbs 12:14. _the soul_ i.e. _the desire_(Proverbs 6:30, and Proverbs 13:4 below), or _appetite_. His desire is to inflict violence on others; it shall be...
CHAPTER 13 TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treachero...
A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. A MAN SHALL EAT GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF (HIS) MOUTH. He shall enjoy the fruit of the good words whic...
13:2 violence. (b-18) Or 'the desire of the faithless is violence.'...
2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....
As a tree has fruit, so good words have a good effect. Such words inform and help other people. An evil man’s words have a bad effect on himself and other people....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 13 V1 A wise son obeys his father’s instructions. Someone who insults other people will not listen to words of correction....
A MAN SHALL EAT GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH. — See above on Proverbs 12:14. SHALL EAT VIOLENCE. — Comp. Proverbs 1:31; Proverbs 26:6....
מִ פְּרִ֣י פִי ־אִ֭ישׁ יֹ֣אכַל טֹ֑וב וְ
CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but he tha...
Verse Proverbs 13:2. Compare this with Proverbs 12:14. As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:5. The...
A man shall eat good by the fruit (a) of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence. (a) If he uses his tongue to God's glory, and the profit of his neighbour, God will bless...
_Mouth. In reward of his good speeches. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "of justice the good man eateth; but the souls of the lawless perish before the time," chap. xii. 13._...
A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth his...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
A MAN SHALL EAT GOOD BY THE FRUIT OF [HIS] MOUTH,.... Or, "of the mouth"; either another's or his own, since the word his is not in the text; though it is supplied by the Targum, Aben Ezra, the Vulgat...
A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence. Ver. 2. _A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth._] _See Trapp on "_ Pro 12:14 _"_ _Se...
_A wise son_, &c. Houbigant translates this verse, _“A wise son regardeth the instruction of his father; but a son who is a scorner heareth not rebuke.” A man shall eat good_ Shall receive much comfor...
V. 2. A MAN SHALL EAT GOOD, himself enjoy the benefits, BY THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH, as the result of his speaking always with the benefit of others in mind; BUT THE SOUL OF THE TRANGRESSORS SHALL EAT V...
SHALL EAT GOOD; shall receive much comfort, and credit, and benefit to himself. BY THE FRUIT OF HIS MOUTH; by his wise and profitable discourses. THE SOUL, i.e. the person, as the soul is oft used. TH...
Proverbs 13:2 man H376 eat H398 (H8799) well H2896 fruit H6529 mouth H6310 soul H5315 unfaithful H898 ...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The destruction of sinners is unavoidable, for God's wrath pursues them, and whom God pursues is sure to be overtaken. The...
Proverbs 13:1. A _wise son heareth his father's instruction._ This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love, an...
_A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth._ NATURAL RETALIATION Although the spirit and practice of retaliation are nowhere vindicated in Scripture, but everywhere explicitly and strongly conde...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 13:1 The present section of Proverbs 1:1 (Proverbs 10:1) began with a call to be a...
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 13:2. SHALL EAT, in the second clause, is supplied by the English translation. Many commentators render this clause “the delight of the ungodly is violence.” So Zöckler and...
EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebr...
In the thirteenth chapter of Proverbs, there is a continuation of the contrasting of the righteous with the wicked, the wise and the scorner, the transgressor and the good man. A wise son hears his fa...
Habakkuk 2:17; Habakkuk 2:8; Jeremiah 25:27; Proverbs 1:11;...
Shall eat — Shall receive comfort, and benefit by his wise and profitable discourses....