Proverbs 10:20

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 12:18 : 18 Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.
  • Prov 15:4 : 4 Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.
  • Prov 16:13 : 13 The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.
  • Prov 23:7 : 7 for he is like someone who has calculated the cost in his mind.“Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you;
  • Prov 25:11-12 : 11 Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken. 12 Like an earring of gold and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to the ear of the one who listens.
  • Jer 17:9 : 9 The human mind is more deceitful than anything else. It is incurably bad. Who can understand it?
  • Matt 12:34-35 : 34 Offspring of vipers! How are you able to say anything good, since you are evil? For the mouth speaks from what fills the heart. 35 The good person brings good things out of his good treasury, and the evil person brings evil things out of his evil treasury.
  • Gen 6:5 : 5 But the LORD saw that the wickedness of humankind had become great on the earth. Every inclination of the thoughts of their minds was only evil all the time.
  • Gen 8:21 : 21 And the LORD smelled the soothing aroma and said to himself,“I will never again curse the ground because of humankind, even though the inclination of their minds is evil from childhood on. I will never again destroy everything that lives, as I have just done.
  • Prov 8:19 : 19 My fruit is better than the purest gold, and my harvest is better than choice silver.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The speech of the righteous bears the fruit of wisdom, but the one who speaks perversion will be destroyed.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the speech of the wicked is perverse.

  • Ps 37:30
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    30The godly speak wise words and promote justice.

  • Prov 10:21
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    21The teaching of the righteous feeds many, but fools die for lack of sense.

  • Prov 10:11
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    11The speech of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous considers how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Prov 10:19
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    19When words abound, transgression is inevitable, but the one who restrains his words is wise.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2The tongue of the wise treats knowledge correctly, but the mouth of the fool spouts out folly.

  • Ps 37:16
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    16The little bit that a godly man owns is better than the wealth of many evil men,

  • Prov 15:6-7
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    6In the house of the righteous is abundant wealth, but the income of the wicked will be ruined.

    7The lips of the wise spread knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

  • Prov 26:23
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    23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4Speech that heals is like a life-giving tree, but a perverse speech breaks the spirit.

  • Prov 17:3-4
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    3The crucible is for refining silver and the furnace is for gold, likewise the LORD tests hearts.

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 12:18
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    18Speaking recklessly is like the thrusts of a sword, but the words of the wise bring healing.

  • Prov 16:23
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    23A wise person’s heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

  • Prov 12:5-6
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    5The plans of the righteous are just; the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

    6The words of the wicked lie in wait to shed innocent blood, but the words of the upright will deliver them.

  • Prov 10:6
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    6Blessings are on the head of the righteous, but the speech of the wicked conceals violence.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Prov 25:11
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    11Like apples of gold in settings of silver, so is a word skillfully spoken.

  • Prov 8:6-7
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    6Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

    7For my mouth speaks truth, and my lips hate wickedness.

  • Prov 16:10
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    10The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

  • Job 15:5
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    5Your sin inspires your mouth; you choose the language of the crafty.

  • Prov 14:3
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    3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them.

  • Prov 20:15
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    15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel.

  • Prov 16:13
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    13The delight of a king is righteous counsel, and he will love the one who speaks uprightly.

  • Jas 3:5
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    5So too the tongue is a small part of the body, yet it has great pretensions. Think how small a flame sets a huge forest ablaze.

  • Prov 10:2
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    2Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit, but righteousness delivers from death.

  • Prov 18:4
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    4The words of a person’s mouth are like deep waters, and the fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.

  • Prov 11:23
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    23The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23The one who guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his life from troubles.

  • Prov 16:8
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    8Better to have a little with righteousness than to have abundant income without justice.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is perverse in his speech and is a fool.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Eccl 10:12
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    12Words and Works of Wise Men and Fools The words of a wise person win him favor, but the words of a fool are self-destructive.

  • Prov 13:2
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    2From the fruit of his speech a person eats good things, but the treacherous desire the fruit of violence.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18May lying lips be silenced– lips that speak defiantly against the innocent with arrogance and contempt!

  • Prov 21:6-7
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    6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is like a vapor driven back and forth; they seek death.

    7The violence done by the wicked will drag them away because they have refused to do what is right.

  • Prov 10:14
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    14Those who are wise store up knowledge, but foolish speech leads to imminent destruction.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 16:21
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    21The one who is wise in heart is called discerning, and kind speech increases persuasiveness.

  • Prov 15:14
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    14The discerning mind seeks knowledge, but the mouth of fools feeds on folly.

  • Prov 23:16
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    16my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

  • Job 20:12
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    12“If evil is sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,