Proverbs 17:20

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

Cross References (10)

  • James 3:6–8 (4)

    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the cou

  • Proverbs 10:31 (3)

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

  • Ecclesiastes 10:12 (2)

    The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

  • Proverbs 10:14 (2)

    The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

  • Proverbs 6:12–15 (2)

    A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

  • Psalms 18:26 (2)

    to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

  • Proverbs 10:10 (2)

    He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

  • Proverbs 18:6–7 (2)

    A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

  • Proverbs 8:13 (2)

    To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

  • Proverbs 3:32 (2)

    for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.