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Proverbs 17:20

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One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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

Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

One who winks with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

The fear of YHWH is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

For the perverse is an abomination to YHWH, but his friendship is with the upright.

With the pure, you show yourself pure. With the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

The words of a wise person’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by their own lips.

for there will be no reward to the evil one. The lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.