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Proverbs 10:20
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Proverbs 10:20
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20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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Proverbs 10:20
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Proverbs 10:20
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20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
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Proverbs 12:18
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Proverbs 12:18
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Genesis 6:5
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Genesis 6:5
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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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Genesis 6:5
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Genesis 6:5
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5 The Lord saw how great the wickedness of the human race had become on the earth,(A) and that every inclination of the thoughts of the human heart was only evil all the time.(B)
Matthew 12:34-35
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Matthew 12:34-35
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34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
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Matthew 12:34-35
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Matthew 12:34-35
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of. 35 A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him.
Jeremiah 17:9
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Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
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Jeremiah 17:9
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Jeremiah 17:9
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9 The heart(A) is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?
Proverbs 23:7
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Proverbs 23:7
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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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Proverbs 23:7
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Proverbs 23:7
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7 for he is the kind of person
who is always thinking about the cost.[a]
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
Proverbs 16:13
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Proverbs 16:13
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13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
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Proverbs 16:13
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Proverbs 16:13
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13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.(A)
Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 15:4
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Proverbs 8:19
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Proverbs 8:19
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19 My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
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Proverbs 8:19
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Proverbs 8:19
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Genesis 8:21
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Genesis 8:21
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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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Genesis 8:21
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Genesis 8:21
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21 The Lord smelled the pleasing aroma(A) and said in his heart: “Never again will I curse the ground(B) because of humans, even though[a] every inclination of the human heart is evil from childhood.(C) And never again will I destroy(D) all living creatures,(E) as I have done.
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- Genesis 8:21 Or humans, for
Proverbs 25:11-12
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
12 As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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Proverbs 25:11-12
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