Proverbs 17:20 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity. [James 3:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Those with crooked hearts won’t prosper, and those with twisted tongues will fall into trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Whoever is of a perverse heart shall not find good. And whoever turns his tongue shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 17:20 Cross References

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut off.

Proverbs 10:14

Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the upright.

Psalm 18:26

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

Proverbs 24:20

For there will be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.