American Standard Version
Proverbs 17:20
20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good;And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Proverbs 17:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
- New International Version (NIV)One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He who has a deceitful heart finds no good, And he who has a perverse tongue falls into evil.
Context of Proverbs 17:20
18A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor. 19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction. He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. 21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy. 22A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
Read all of Proverbs 17Proverbs 17:20 word by word
עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ יִפּ֥וֹל בְּרָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 17:20
- Proverbs 3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
- Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
- Psalms 18:26With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
- Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.
- Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
- Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
- James 3:6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
Commentaries on Proverbs 17:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 There is nothing got by ill designs. And many have paid dear for an unbridled tongue.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. The second clause advances on the first. The ill-natured fail of good, and the cavilling and fault-finding incur evil.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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