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20 The Lord detests people with crooked hearts,
    but he delights in those with integrity.

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20 Devious minds are abhorrent to the Lord,
    but those whose ways are innocent are his delight.

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20 The crooked heart will not prosper;
    the lying tongue tumbles into trouble.

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20 The person whose mind[a] is perverse does not find good,
    and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:20 Lit. heart