Proverbs 17:20

World English Bible (2000)

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 10:31 : 31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.
  • Prov 18:6-7 : 6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. 7 A fool's mouth is his destruction, and his lips are a snare to his soul.
  • Eccl 10:12 : 12 The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.
  • Jas 3:6-8 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna. 7 For every kind of animal, bird, creeping thing, and thing in the sea, is tamed, and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But nobody can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
  • Prov 3:32 : 32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
  • Prov 6:12-15 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; 13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers; 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. 15 Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 10:10 : 10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.
  • Prov 10:14 : 14 Wise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.

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  • Prov 6:14
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    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 17:19
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    19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Prov 17:21
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    21 He who becomes the father of a fool grieves. The father of a fool has no joy.

  • Prov 19:3
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    3 The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against Yahweh.

  • Prov 10:17-20
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    17 He is in the way of life who heeds correction, but he who forsakes reproof leads others astray.

    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

    19 In the multitude of words there is no lack of disobedience, but he who restrains his lips does wisely.

    20 The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A gentle tongue is a tree of life, but deceit in it crushes the spirit.

  • Prov 16:27-30
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    27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

    28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

    30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Prov 28:10
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    10 Whoever causes the upright to go astray in an evil way, he will fall into his own trap; but the blameless will inherit good.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 26:27-28
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    27 Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 19:1
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    1 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 22:5
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    5 Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31 The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32 The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 13:15
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    15 Good understanding wins favor; but the way of the unfaithful is hard.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11 An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 1 Pet 3:10
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    10 For, "He who would love life, and see good days, let him keep his tongue from evil, and his lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 28:14
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    14 Blessed is the man who always fears; but one who hardens his heart falls into trouble.

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

    19 a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6 Getting treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor for those who seek death.

  • Prov 15:2
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    2 The tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 Whoever guards his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don't keep company with him who opens wide his lips.

  • Prov 17:7
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    7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, much less do lying lips fit a prince.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Prov 11:29
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    29 He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1 He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.