Proverbs 13:2

2 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.

Proverbs 13:2 In-Context

1 A wise child [hears] the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
2 From the fruit of the mouth of a man, he shall eat what is good, but the desire of the treacherous, wrongdoing.
3 He who keeps his mouth guards his life; he who opens his lips, ruin [belongs] to him.
4 The soul of the lazy craves, but there is nothing, but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
5 The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

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