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Proverbs 18:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public Domain

With the first clause, comp, Proverbs 12:14, and with the second, Proverbs 13:2. A man's belly; i.e. himself, his mind and body, equivalent to shall he be filled, or satisfied, in the second clause. A man must accept the consequences of his words, good or evil.

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