Proverbs 17:20

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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WEBBE

One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

BSB

The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

KJV

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

ASV

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

BBE

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

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Matthew Henry · Verse 20

There is nothing got by ill designs. And many have paid dear for an unbridled tongue.

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