Proverbs 17:20

Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt shew thyself froward.

He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: But a prating fool shall fall.

Wise men lay up knowledge: But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.

The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom: But the froward tongue shall be cut off.

For there will be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the upright.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the froward mouth, do I hate.

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.