From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied with good, and the work of a man's hand comes back to him.
From the fruit of a man's mouth his stomach is satisfied; he is satisfied by the yield of his lips. Death and life are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruits.
Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds. Woe to the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for what his hands have dealt out shall be done to him.
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
My soul will be satisfied as with fat and rich food, and my mouth will praise you with joyful lips,
To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and a word in season, how good it is!
since indeed God considers it just to repay with affliction those who afflict you, and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels
The one who receives a prophet because he is a prophet will receive a prophet's reward, and the one who receives a righteous person because he is a righteous person will receive a righteous person's reward. And whoever gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water because he is a disciple, truly, I say to you, he will by no means lose his reward.”
For the Son of Man is going to come with his angels in the glory of his Father, and then he will repay each person according to what he has done.
He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.
For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution,
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