20 Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord,
But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

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20 An abomination of Yahweh are the crooked of heart,[a]
    but his delight are those with blameless ways.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “crooked ones of heart”; “heart” may also be translated “mind”
  2. Proverbs 11:20 Literally “blameless ones of ways”

20 He who has a [a]deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has (A)a perverse tongue falls into evil.

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  1. Proverbs 17:20 crooked

20 He who is crooked of heart[a] will not find goodness,
    and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

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  1. Proverbs 17:20 Or “mind”