Verse 20
The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
Referenced Verses
- Prov 12:18 : 18 There is that speaketh rashly like the piercings of a sword; But the tongue of the wise is health.
- Prov 15:4 : 4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life; But perverseness therein is a breaking of the spirit.
- Prov 16:13 : 13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; And they love him that speaketh right.
- Prov 23:7 : 7 For as he thinketh within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.
- Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A word fitly spoken Is [like] apples of gold in network of silver. 12 [ As] an ear-ring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, [So is] a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
- Jer 17:9 : 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and it is exceedingly corrupt: who can know it?
- Matt 12:34-35 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
- Gen 6:5 : 5 And Jehovah saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Gen 8:21 : 21 And Jehovah smelled the sweet savor; and Jehovah said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for that the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more everything living, as I have done.
- Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; And my revenue than choice silver.