Proverbs 13:2 (BSB)

From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence.

From Proverbs 13. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 13:2

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 13:2: Note, 1. If that which comes from within, out of the heart, be good, and from a good treasure, it will return with advantage. Inward comfort and satisfaction will be daily bread; nay, it will be a continual feast to those who delight in that communication which is to the use of edifying. 2.
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 13:2: A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth,.... Or, "of the mouth"; either another's or his own, since the word his is not in the text; though it is supplied by the Targum, Aben Ezra, the Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions, as by us. The Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "shall eat of the fruits of righteousness".
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 13:2: shall eat--that is, obtain (Pro 12:14). transgressors--as in Pro 2:22. violence--or, "mischief" to themselves.
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 13:2: A man shall eat good by the fruit of [his] mouth: but the soul of the transgressors [shall eat] violence. (a) If he uses his tongue to God's glory, and the profit of his neighbour, God will bless him.