Proverbs 17:20

Young's Literal Translation 1862

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

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With the pure Thou showest Thyself pure, And with the perverse showest Thyself a wrestler,

Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

The wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool `is' near ruin.

The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

For there is not a posterity to the evil, The lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

For an abomination to Jehovah `is' the perverted, And with the upright `is' His secret counsel.

The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

Words of the mouth of the wise `are' gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.