Proverbs 17:20

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

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

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

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

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

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

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

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