Proverbs 17:20 - English Standard Version 2016

²⁰ A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest 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.

Proverbs 17:20 Marejeleo ya Msalaba

Psalm 18:26

with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

Proverbs 10:10

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth 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 devious person 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.