Proverbs 17:20

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

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with the pure thou dost show thyself pure; and with the crooked thou dost show thyself perverse.

He who winks the eye causes trouble, but he who boldly reproves makes peace.

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the babbling of a fool brings ruin near.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

for the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

for the perverse man is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.