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Are in the power of the tongue; are brought upon men by the good or bad use of their tongues.
That love it; either,
1. The tongue; that love and use much talking, which is oft censured as a sin, and a cause of mischief. See Pro_10:19 Jam_1:19. Or,
2. The use of their tongue in either of those ways, which are plainly supposed in the former clause of the verse: they who do not only speak well, which a wicked man may sometimes do; or speak ill, which a good man may possibly do; but do love, and therefore accustom themselves, to speak well or ill.
Shall eat the fruit thereof; shall receive either good or evil, according to the quality of their speeches.