Proverbs 17:20

New International Version

One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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to the pure you show yourself pure, but to the devious you show yourself shrewd.

Whoever winks maliciously causes grief, and a chattering fool comes to ruin.

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.

From the mouth of the righteous comes the fruit of wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be silenced.

for the evildoer has no future hope, and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.

For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.

To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.

Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious, but fools are consumed by their own lips.