Proverbs 17:20

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 senseless man striketh hands, becoming surety for his neighbour. 19He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction. He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil. 21He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow, and the father of a vile [man] hath no joy. 22A joyful heart promoteth healing; but a broken spirit drieth up the bones.

Proverbs 17:20 word by word

עִקֶּשׁ־לֵ֭ב לֹ֣א יִמְצָא־ט֑וֹב וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ יִפּ֥וֹל בְּרָעָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• perverseעִקֵּשׁ‛iqqêsh · twistedH6141
• heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: harmfulH7451

Cross-references for Proverbs 17:20

• Proverbs 3:32For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.
• Proverbs 6:12A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
• Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
• Psalms 18:26With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.
• Proverbs 10:10He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and 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 swallow up himself.
• James 3:6and the tongue [is] fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of 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

Topics related to Proverbs 17:20

• Heart
• Speaking

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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