King James Version (KJV)
Proverbs 18:21
“Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.”
Verse in context — Proverbs 18
19
A brother offended [is harder to be won] than a strong city: and [their] contentions [are] like the bars of a castle.
20
A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; [and] with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.
21
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
22
[Whoso] findeth a wife findeth a good [thing], and obtaineth favour of the LORD.
23
The poor useth intreaties; but the rich answereth roughly.