Proverbs 17:20
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20 He who has a [a]deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has (A)a perverse tongue falls into evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:20 crooked
James 3:6-8
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell. 7 For every kind of beast and bird, of reptile and creature of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by mankind. 8 But no man can tame the tongue. It is an unruly evil, (C)full of deadly poison.
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Proverbs 10:31
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31 (A)The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom,
But the perverse tongue will be cut out.
Proverbs 18:6-7
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6 A fool’s lips enter into contention,
And his mouth calls for blows.
7 (A)A fool’s mouth is his destruction,
And his lips are the snare of his (B)soul.
Proverbs 10:14
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14 Wise people store up knowledge,
But (A)the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
Proverbs 10:10
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10 He who winks with the eye causes trouble,
But a prating fool will fall.
Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.
Proverbs 6:12-15
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The Wicked Man
12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 (A)He winks with his eyes,
He [a]shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;
14 Perversity is in his heart,
(B)He devises evil continually,
(C)He sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come (D)suddenly;
Suddenly he shall (E)be broken (F)without remedy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:13 gives signals, lit. scrapes
Proverbs 3:32
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32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
(A)But His secret counsel is with the upright.
Psalm 18:26
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26 With the pure You will show Yourself pure;
And (A)with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
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