Proverbs 10:20

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

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

Cross References

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is perverse above all things and unsearchable. Who can know it?

Proverbs 12:18

There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

Genesis 6:5

And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,

Proverbs 23:7

Because like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

Proverbs 16:13

Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.

Proverbs 15:4

A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.

Proverbs 8:19

For my fruit is better than gold and the precious stone, and my blossoms than choice silver.

Genesis 8:21

And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.

Proverbs 20:15

There is gold, and a multitude of jewels: but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel.