SEV Biblia, Chapter 18:21
¶ La muerte y la vida están en poder de la lengua; y el que la ama comerá de sus frutos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Proverbs 18:21
Verse 21. Death and life are in the power of the tongue ] This may apply to all men. Many have lost their lives by their tongue, and some have saved their lives by it: but it applies most forcibly to public pleaders; on many of their tongues hangs life or death.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 21. Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue , etc.] Of witnesses, according to the testimony they bear; of judges, according to the sentence they pass; of teachers, according to the doctrine they preach; of all men, who, by their well or ill speaking, bring death or life to themselves and others. Some, by their tongues, by the too free use of them, or falsehood they utter, are the cause of death to themselves and others; and some, by their silence, or by their prudent speech and prevalent intercession, secure or obtain life for themselves and others; yea, judgment at the last day will proceed according to a man’s words, “By thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned”, ( Matthew 12:37); the tongue is the instrument either of a great deal of good, or of a great deal of evil; and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof ; that delight to be talkative; that love to use the tongue, whether in a good or in a bad way, shall accordingly be recompensed; shall enjoy the advantages or disadvantages arising from it.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 21 - Many a one has caused his own death, or the death of others, by a fals or injurious tongue.
Original Hebrew
מות 4194 וחיים 2416 ביד 3027 לשׁון 3956 ואהביה 157 יאכל 398 פריה׃ 6529
