Proverbs 17:20 - Revised Standard Version

²⁰ A man of crooked mind does not prosper, and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ He who has a wayward and crooked mind finds no good, and he who has a willful and contrary tongue will fall into calamity. [James 3:8.]

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Common English Bible

²⁰ Those with crooked hearts won’t prosper, and those with twisted tongues will fall into trouble.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ Whoever is of a perverse heart shall not find good. And whoever turns his tongue shall fall into evil.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.

Proverbs 17:20 Tagairtí Cros

Psalm 18:26

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

Proverbs 10:10

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

Proverbs 10:14

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

Proverbs 10:31

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

Proverbs 24:20

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

Proverbs 3:32

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

Proverbs 8:13

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

Ecclesiastes 10:12

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