Proverbs 17:20

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Dishonesty does you no good, and telling lies will get you in trouble.

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With all who are sincere, you are sincere, but you treat the unfaithful as their deeds deserve.

Deceit causes trouble, and foolish talk will bring you to ruin.

If you have good sense, you will learn all you can, but foolish talk will soon destroy you.

Honest people speak sensibly, but deceitful liars will be silenced.

They will soon be gone like the flame of a lamp that burns out.

The LORD doesn't like anyone who is dishonest, but he lets good people be his friends.

If you respect the LORD, you will hate evil. I hate pride and conceit and deceitful lies.

If you talk sensibly, you will have friends; if you talk foolishly, you will destroy yourself.