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 person lacking in sense shakes hands And becomes guarantor in the presence of his neighbor. 19One who loves wrongdoing loves strife; One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction. One who has a crooked mind finds nothing good, And one who is corrupted in his language falls into evil. 21He who fathers a fool does so to his sorrow, And the father of a fool has no joy. 22A joyful heart is good medicine, But a broken spirit dries up the bones.

Proverbs 17:20 word by word

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

• One who has a crookedעִקֵּשׁ‛iqqêsh · twistedH6141
• mindלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• findsמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• nothingלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• goodטוֹבţôb · goodH2896
• corruptedהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• in his languageלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• fallsנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307

Cross-references for Proverbs 17:20

• Proverbs 3:32For the devious are an abomination to the Lord; But He is intimate with the upright.
• Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth,
• Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.
• Psalms 18:26With the pure You show Yourself pure, And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
• Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes trouble, And a babbling fool will come to ruin.
• Proverbs 18:6A fool’s lips bring strife, And his mouth invites beatings.
• Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of a wise person are gracious, while the lips of a fool consume him;
• James 3:6And the tongue is a fire, the very world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our body’s parts as that which defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of our life, 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

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