The tongue can bring death or life; those who love to talk will reap the consequences.
Proverbs 18:1 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/pro.18.21.NLT
The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love to talk will have to eat their own words.
GW
https://bible.com/bible/70/pro.18.21.GW
Words kill, words give life; they’re either poison or fruit—you choose.
MSG
https://bible.com/bible/97/pro.18.21.MSG
The tongue can speak words that bring life or death. Those who love to talk must be ready to accept what it brings.
ERV
https://bible.com/bible/406/pro.18.21.ERV
What you say can mean life or death. Those who speak with care will be rewarded.
NCV
https://bible.com/bible/105/pro.18.21.NCV
What you say can mean life or death. Those who love to talk will be rewarded for what they say.
ICB
https://bible.com/bible/1359/pro.18.21.ICB
Your words are so powerful that they will kill or give life, and the talkative person will reap the consequences.
TPT
https://bible.com/bible/1849/pro.18.21.TPT
Death and life are in the control of the tongue. Those who indulge in it will eat its fruit.
TLV
https://bible.com/bible/314/pro.18.21.TLV
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it will eat its fruit.
NKJV
https://bible.com/bible/114/pro.18.21.NKJV
What you say can preserve life or destroy it; so you must accept the consequences of your words.
GNT
https://bible.com/bible/68/pro.18.21.GNT
Death and life are in the power of the tongue, And those who love it and indulge it will eat its fruit and bear the consequences of their words.
AMP
https://bible.com/bible/1588/pro.18.21.AMP
