Proverbs 10:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר לְשׁ֣וֹן צַדִּ֑יק לֵ֖ב רְשָׁעִ֣ים כִּמְעָֽט׃

Transliteration

kesep nibḥār ləšôn ṣaddîq lēb rəšāʿîm kimʿāṭ

Grammar Details

*kesep*: masculine singular noun - silver
*nibḥār*: Niphal participle masculine singular - chosen/select
*ləšôn*: feminine singular construct - tongue of
*ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous
*lēb*: masculine singular construct - heart of
*rəšāʿîm*: masculine plural adjective - wicked ones
*kimʿāṭ*: preposition + masculine singular noun - as little/of little worth

Word Meanings

*kesep*: silver/money/precious
*nibḥār*: chosen/select/choice
*ləšôn*: tongue/language/speech
*ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
*lēb*: heart/mind/understanding
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked ones/evil people/wrongdoers
*kimʿāṭ*: as little/of little worth/as nothing

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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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.

Similar Verses (AI)

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31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness.
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30The mouth of the righteous speaketh wisdom, and his tongue talketh{H8762)} of judgment.
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6In the house of the righteous is much treasure: but in the revenues of the wicked is trouble.
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