Translations
Louis Segond 1910
La mort et la vie sont au pouvoir de la langue; Quiconque l'aime en mangera les fruits.
KJV
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Death and life [are] in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 87 (Migne)
ahat ad gehennam animam tuam; quia, secundum Scripturam, Mors et vita in manibus linguae consistit (Prov. XVIII, 21) . Et, Vir linguosus non dirigetur super terram (Psal. CXXXIX, 12) . Haec sollicita consideratione pensantes, charissimi, verba simul moresque componite; sectami…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 101 (Migne)
scretione. [Col. 0491C] Scriptum est, affirmante apostolo, Quia vita et mors in manu linguae est (Prov. XVIII, 21) . Et iterum: Linguam nullus hominum domare potest (Jac. III, 8) . Quod ergo non potest domare purus homo, rogemus, ut domet Deus et homo. Ergo ad obtinendam virt…
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 125 (Migne)
tis appellat opera quibus interficit, juxta illud quod scriptum est, In manu linguae mors et vita (Prov. XVIII, 21) . Liberat autem omnes Dominus, et redemit in passione crucis et effusione sanguinis sui, quando anima ejus descendit ad infernum, et caro ejus non vidit corruptio…
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