Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

Cross References (10)

  • Jeremiah 17:9 (4)

    The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  • Proverbs 12:18 (4)

    Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  • Genesis 6:5 (4)

    Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his

  • Matthew 12:34–35 (3)

    You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.

  • Proverbs 23:7 (2)

    for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

  • Proverbs 8:19 (2)

    My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

  • Genesis 8:21 (2)

    When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, eve

  • Proverbs 16:13 (2)

    Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

  • Proverbs 15:4 (2)

    A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  • Proverbs 25:11–12 (1)

    A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.