Proverbs 10:20

Coverdale Bible (1535)

An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.
  • Prov 16:13 : 13 Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.
  • Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe. 12 The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 Amonge all thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert. Who shall then knowe it?
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 But whan the LORDE sawe yt the wickednes of man was increased vpon ye earth, and that all ye thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually,
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 10:31-32
    2 verses
    81%

    31The mouth of the iust wilbe talkynge of wysdome, but the tonge of the frowarde shal perish.

    32The lippes of the rightuous are occupied in acceptable thinges, but the mouth of the vngodly taketh them to the worst.

  • Ps 37:30
    78%

    30Yee the rightuous shal possesse ye lode, & dwell therin for euer.

  • Prov 10:21
    78%

    21The lippes of the rightuous fede a whole multitude, but fooles shal dye in their owne foly.

  • Prov 10:11
    77%

    11The mouth of a rightuous man is a well of life, but ye mouth of the vngodly is past shame, & presumptuous.

  • Prov 15:28
    77%

    28A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

  • Prov 10:19
    77%

    19Where moch bablinge is, there must nedes be offence: he that refrayneth his lippes, is wysest of all.

  • Prov 15:2
    76%

    2A wyse tonge commendeth knowlege, a foolish mouth blabbeth out nothinge but foolishnesse.

  • Ps 37:16
    75%

    16A small thinge yt the rightuous hath, is better then greate riches of the vngodly.

  • Prov 15:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6In the house of the rightuous are greate riches, but in the increase of the vngodly there is mysordre.

    7A wyse mouth poureth out knowlege, but ye herte of the foolish doth not so.

  • Prov 26:23
    74%

    23Venymous lippes & a wicked herte, are like a potsherde couered wt syluer drosse.

  • Prov 15:4
    74%

    4A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.

  • Prov 17:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace, euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes.

    4A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • Prov 17:20
    73%

    20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • Prov 12:18
    73%

    18A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.

  • Prov 16:23
    73%

    23The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth, and amendeth ye doctryne in his lyppes.

  • Prov 12:5-6
    2 verses
    73%

    5The thoughtes of ye righteous are right, but the ymaginacion of the vngodly are disceatfull.

    6The talkynge of the vngodly is, how they maye laye wayte for bloude, but the mouth of ye righteous wil delyuer them.

  • Prov 10:6
    72%

    6Louynge and fauorable is the face of the rightuous, but ye fore heade of the vngodly is past shame, and presumptuous.

  • Ps 10:7
    72%

    7He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

  • Prov 12:13
    72%

    13The wicked falleth in to the snare thorow ye malyce of his owne mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parell.

  • Prov 25:11
    72%

    11A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe.

  • Prov 8:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6Geue eare, for I wil speake of greate matters, & open my lippes to tell thinges that be right.

    7For my throte shal be talkynge of ye trueth, & my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse.

  • Prov 16:10
    71%

    10When ye prophecy is in ye lippes of ye kynge, his mouth shal not go wroge in iudgment.

  • Job 15:5
    71%

    5but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth, and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge.

  • Prov 14:3
    71%

    3In the mouth of the foolish is the boostinge of lordshipe, but ye lippes of ye wyse wilbe warre of soch.

  • Prov 20:15
    71%

    15A mouth of vnderstodinge is more worth then golde, many precious stones, and costly Iewels.

  • Prov 16:13
    71%

    13Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.

  • Jas 3:5
    71%

    5Euen so the toge is a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges. Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth,

  • Prov 10:2
    71%

    2Treasures that are wickedly gotten, profit nothinge, but rightuousnesse delyuereth from death.

  • Prov 18:4
    71%

    4The wordes of a mas mouth are like depe waters, and the well of wy?dome is like a full streame.

  • Prov 11:23
    71%

    23The iust laboure for peace and traquylite, but the vngodly for disquyetnesse.

  • Prov 21:23
    71%

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

  • Prov 16:8
    71%

    8Better is it to haue a litle thinge wt rightuousnes, the greate rentes wrongeously gotten.

  • Prov 19:1
    71%

    1Better is the poore that lyueth godly, the the blasphemer that is but a foole.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.

  • Eccl 10:12
    70%

    12The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gracious, but the lippes of a foole wil destroye himself.

  • Prov 13:2
    70%

    2A good ma shal enioye the frute of his mouth, but he that hath a frowarde mynde, shalbe spoyled.

  • Ps 31:18
    70%

    18Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce, helpe me for thy mercies sake.

  • Prov 21:6-7
    2 verses
    70%

    6Who so hoordeth vp riches wt ye disceatfulnes of his tonge, he is a foole, & like vnto them that seke their owne death.

    7The robberies of the vngodly shalbe their owne destruccion, for they wolde not do the thynge that was right.

  • Prov 10:14
    70%

    14Wyse me laye vp knowlege, but ye mouth of ye foolish is nye destruccio.

  • Ps 50:19
    70%

    19Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • Prov 16:21
    70%

    21Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge, is called to councell: but he yt can speake fayre, getteth more riches.

  • Prov 15:14
    70%

    14A wyse herte wil seke after knowlege, but ye mouth of fooles medleth with foolishnesse.

  • Prov 23:16
    70%

    16yee my reynes shalbe very glad, yf yi lyppes speake the thinge yt is right.

  • Job 20:12
    70%

    12Whe wickednesse is swete in his mouth, he hydeth it vnder his tonge.