Proverbs 17:20
Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.
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- Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
- Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes. 7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.
- Eccl 10:12 : 12 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious: but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe.
- Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell. 7 All the natures of beastes, & of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thynges of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man: 8 But the tongue can no man tame, it is an vnruly euyll, full of deadly poyson.
- Ps 18:26 : 26 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane: and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde.
- Prov 3:32 : 32 For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.
- Prov 6:12-15 : 12 An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he tokeneth with his feete, he teacheth with his fingers. 14 He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde. 15 Therefore shall his destruction come hastyly vpon hym, sodainly shall he be all to broken, and not be healed.
- Prov 8:13 : 13 The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.
- Prov 10:10 : 10 He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.
- Prov 10:14 : 14 Wyse men lay vp knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is nye destruction.
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14 He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.
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19 He that delighteth in sinne, loueth strife: and who so setteth his doore to hye, seeketh destruction.
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4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.
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27 He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.
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21 He that begetteth a foole, begetteth his sorowe: and the father of a foole can haue no ioy.
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3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the Lorde.
- Prov 10:17-204 verses77%
17 Nurture kepeth the way of lyfe: but he that refuseth to be nurtured, deceaueth hym selfe.
18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.
19 Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
20 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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4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
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27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.
28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.
29 A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:
30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.
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17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.
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24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.
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10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way, shall fall into his owne pit: but the iust shall haue the good in possession.
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9 He that walketh vprightly, walketh surely: but whoso goeth a wrong way, shalbe knowen.
10 He that winketh with his eye, wyll cause sorowe: but he that hath a foolishe mouth, shalbe beaten.
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7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.
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27 Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.
28 A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
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20 The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.
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12 An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.
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1 Better is the poore that liueth godly, then he that abuseth his lippes, and is a foole.
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5 Thornes and snares are in the way of the frowarde: but he that doth kepe his soule, wyll flee farre from them.
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19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.
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3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.
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31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.
32 The lippes of the ryghteous vtter that which is acceptable: but the mouth of the vngodly speaketh frowarde thynges.
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8 He that imagineth mischiefe, maye well be called an vngratious person.
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15 Good vnderstandyng geueth fauour: but harde is the way of the dispisers.
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29 An vngodly man hardeneth his face: but the iust refourmeth his owne way.
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11 A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.
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10 For he that doeth long after lyfe, and loueth to see good dayes, let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll, and his lippes, that they speake no guyle.
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14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe: as for hym that hardeneth his heart, he shall fall into mischiefe.
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18 An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe,
19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.
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13 Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.
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6 To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.
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2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght: as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse.
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13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.
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23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.
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19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.
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7 Speache of aucthoritie becommeth not a foole, much lesse a lying mouth then beseemeth a prince.
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2 For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.
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23 The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.
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29 Who so maketh disquietnesse in his owne house, he shal haue winde for his heritage: and the foole shalbe seruaunt to the wise.
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1 He that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed, shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe.