Proverbs 17:20

New English Translation

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

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You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.

The one who winks his eye causes trouble, and the one who speaks foolishness will come to ruin.

Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

for the evil person has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.