Proverbs 10:20

God's Word

The tongue of a righteous person is pure silver. The hearts of wicked people are worthless.

Cross References

Genesis 6:5

The Lord saw how evil humans had become on the earth. All day long their deepest thoughts were nothing but evil.

Genesis 8:21

The Lord smelled the soothing aroma. He said to himself, “I will never again curse the ground because of humans, even though from birth their hearts are set on nothing but evil. I will never again kill every living creature as I have just done.

Psalm 37:30

The mouth of the righteous person reflects on wisdom. His tongue speaks what is fair.

Proverbs 12:18

Careless words stab like a sword, but the words of wise people bring healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a deceitful tongue breaks the spirit.

Proverbs 16:13

Kings are happy with honest words, and whoever speaks what is right is loved.

Proverbs 20:15

There are gold and plenty of jewels, but the lips of knowledge are precious gems.

Proverbs 23:7

As he calculates the cost to himself, this is what he does: He tells you, “Eat and drink,” but he doesn’t really mean it.

Proverbs 8:19

What I produce is better than gold, pure gold. What I yield is better than fine silver.

Jeremiah 17:9

“The human mind is the most deceitful of all things. It is incurable. No one can understand how deceitful it is.