Proverbs 17:20

The Scriptures 1998

He who has a crooked heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.

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With the clean You show Yourself clean; And with the crooked You show Yourself twisted.

He who winks with the eye causes sorrow, And one with foolish lips falls.

The wise treasure up knowledge, But the mouth of a fool is near ruin.

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, But the tongue of perverseness is cut out.

For there is no future for the evil-doer; The lamp of the wrongdoers is put out.

For the perverse one is an abomination to יהוה, And His secret counsel is with the straight.

“The fear of יהוה is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.

Words of a wise man’s mouth show favour, but the lips of a fool swallow him up;