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Proverbs 10:20

Words and speechWisdom

18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

22 The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.

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BSB
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
KJV
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
WEB
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
ASV
The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
DARBY
The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
BLB
The tongue of the righteous [is] choice silver; the heart of the wicked [is] for little.
ÅB
Den rettferdiges tunge er som utsøkt sølv; de ugudeliges hjerte er intet verdt.
OTB
De rettferdiges tunge er som utvalgt sølv, men de ondes hjerte er av liten verdi.
B1930
Den rettferdiges tunge er som utsøkt sølv; de ugudeliges hjerte er intet verdt.

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 17:9

    The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

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  • Proverbs 12:18

    There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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  • Genesis 6:5

    And GOD saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

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  • Proverbs 15:4

    A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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  • Matthew 12:34–35

    O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

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  • Proverbs 8:19

    My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.

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  • Proverbs 23:7

    For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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  • Genesis 8:21

    And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man’s sake; for the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done.

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