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Proverbs 12:14

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
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Scripture focus

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompence of a man’s hands shall be rendered unto him.

Proverbs 12:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 12:14

Theological / Devotional

Fruit of his mouth. The righteous is rewarded for both his good speech and the work of his hands.

The recompence. The second clause of the verse may be rendered literally, "The reward of a man's hands, he will return unto him." It is God who causes these rewards so to return to bless the good man (see Job 1:10; Isa. 3:10).

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