Proverbs 10:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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 Krydshenvisninger

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw that the wickedness of humans was great in the earth and that every inclination of the thoughts of their hearts 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 humans, for the inclination of the human heart is evil from youth; nor will I ever again destroy every living creature as I have done.

Psalm 37:30

The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom, and their tongues speak justice.

Proverbs 12:18

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 those who speak what is right.

Proverbs 20:15

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

Proverbs 23:7

for like a hair in the throat, so are they. “Eat and drink!” they say to you, but they do not mean it.

Proverbs 8:19

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

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is devious above all else; it is perverse— who can understand it?