Proverbs 10:20

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
  • Prov 16:13 : 13 Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 For as though he thought it in his heart, he saith, eate and drinke: where as his heart is not with thee.
  • Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer. 12 Who so reproueth a wyse man that hath an obedient eare, is as a golden earring, and an ornament of fine golde.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 Among all thynges, man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart: Who shall then knowe it?
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bryngeth foorth good thynges: And an euyll man, out of euyll treasure, bryngeth foorth euyll thynges.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth, and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart was only euyll euery day.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the Lorde smelled a sweete or quiet sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll euen from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    81%

    31The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

    32The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.

  • Ps 37:30
    78%

    30The mouth of the righteous is exercised in wysdome: and his tongue wyll be talking of iudgement.

  • Prov 10:21
    78%

    21The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Prov 15:28
    77%

    28The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.

  • Prov 10:19
    77%

    19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.

  • Ps 37:16
    75%

    16A small thing that the righteous hath: is better then great riches of ye vngodly.

  • Prov 15:6-7
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    74%

    6The house of the ryghteous is full of riches: but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble.

    7The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge: but the heart of the foolishe do not so.

  • Prov 26:23
    74%

    23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.

  • Prov 15:4
    74%

    4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 17:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3As siluer is tryed in the fire, and golde in the furnace: so doth the Lorde proue the heartes.

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 12:18
    73%

    18A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23A wyse heart ordereth his mouth wisely, and ministreth learnyng vnto his lippes.

  • Prov 12:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5The thoughtes of the ryghteous are ryght: but the imaginations of the vngodly are deceptfull.

    6The talkyng of the vngodly is howe they may lay wayte for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer the.

  • Prov 10:6
    72%

    6Blessinges are vpon the head of the righteous: and the mouth of the vngodly kepeth mischiefe in secrete.

  • Ps 10:7
    72%

    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Prov 12:13
    72%

    13The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth: but the iust shall escape out of all perill.

  • Prov 25:11
    72%

    11A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Geue eare, for I wyll speake of great matters, and open my lippes to tell thinges that be right:

    7For my mouth shall be talking of the trueth, and my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng, his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement.

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the mouth of the foolishe is the rodde of pryde: but the lippes of the wyse wyll preserue them.

  • Prov 20:15
    71%

    15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.

  • Prov 16:13
    71%

    13Ryghteous lippes are pleasaunt vnto kynges, and them that speaketh the trueth shall he loue.

  • Jas 3:5
    71%

    5Euen so the tongue is a litle member also, & boasteth great thynges. Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth.

  • Prov 10:2
    71%

    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profite nothing: but righteousnesse deliuereth from death.

  • Prov 18:4
    71%

    4The wordes of a wyse mans mouth are lyke deepe waters: and the well of wisdome is like a full streame.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23The desire of the ryghteous is acceptable: but the hope of the vngodly is indignation.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

    23Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse, then great rentes wrongfully gotten.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

    2Of the fruite of a wise mans mouth shall eche man eate good thynges: but the wicked shall eate of the fruite of the transgressours.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Prov 21:6-7
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    70%

    6To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruction: for they wyll not do the thing that is right.

  • Prov 10:14
    70%

    14Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 16:21
    70%

    21Who so is wyse in heart, shalbe called prudent: and the sweetnesse of his lippes encreaseth learnyng.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge: but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 23:16
    70%

    16Yea my raynes shalbe very glad, if thy lippes speake the thing that is right.

  • Job 20:12
    70%

    12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, he hyd it vnder his tongue.