From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
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.
The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
therefore they shall eat the fruit of their way, and have their fill of their own devices.
Let not the slanderer be established in the land; let evil hunt down the violent man speedily!
For they eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason; like Sheol let us swallow them alive, and whole, like those who go down to the pit; we shall find all precious goods, we shall fill our houses with plunder;
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and you have given them blood to drink. It is what they deserve!”
The violence done to Lebanon will overwhelm you, as will the destruction of the beasts that terrified them, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.
Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the peoples shall plunder you, for the blood of man and violence to the earth, to cities and all who dwell in them.
“Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Drink, be drunk and vomit, fall and rise no more, because of the sword that I am sending among you.’ “And if they refuse to accept the cup from your hand to drink, then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: You must drink! For behold, I begin to work disaster at the city that is called by my name, and shall you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, for I am summoning a sword against all the inhabitants of the earth, declares the Lord of hosts.’ “You, therefore, shall prophesy against them all these words, and say to them: “‘The Lord will roar from on high, and from his holy habitation utter his voice; he will roar mightily against his fold, and shout, like those who tread grapes, against all the inhabitants of the earth. The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth, for the Lord has an indictment against the nations; he is entering into judgment with all flesh, and the wicked he will put to the sword, declares the Lord.’
For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup with foaming wine, well mixed, and he pours out from it, and all the wicked of the earth shall drain it down to the dregs.
but these men lie in wait for their own blood; they set an ambush for their own lives.
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