Proverbs 10:20 - Revised Standard Version

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ The tongue of the just is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ The tongues of those who are upright and in right standing with God are as choice silver; the minds of those who are wicked and out of harmony with God are of little value.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

Common English Bible

²⁰ The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked lacks value.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ The tongue of the just is choice silver. But the heart of the impious is exchanged for nothing.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.

Proverbs 10:20 Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

Genesis 8:21

And when the Lord smelled the pleasing odor, the Lord said in his heart, “I will never again curse the ground because of man, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.

Proverbs 12:18

There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are the delight of a king, and he loves him who speaks what is right.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.

Proverbs 23:7

for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning. “Eat and drink!” he says to you; but his heart is not with you.

Proverbs 8:19

My fruit is better than gold, even fine gold, and my yield than choice silver.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately corrupt; who can understand it?