Proverbs 17:20 Cross References


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Proverbs 17:20

A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

James 3:6-8

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell. For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and sea creature, can be tamed and has been tamed by mankind, but no human being can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool brings ruin near.

Proverbs 10:10

Whoever winks the eye causes trouble, and a babbling fool will come to ruin.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Proverbs 6:12-15

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

Proverbs 3:32

for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Psalm 18:26

with the purified you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you make yourself seem tortuous.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him.