Proverbs 10:20

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:18 : 18 ¶ There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 ¶ A wholesome tongue [is] a tree of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach in 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 in his heart, 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 pictures of silver. 12 [As] an earring 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 desperately wicked: who can know it?
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 ‹O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.› 35 ‹A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.›
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 And GOD 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 the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart [is] evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing 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.

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