Proverbs 17:4

Evangelical Heritage Version

⁴An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips.
A liar feeds upon^[a] a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 17:20

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁰A crooked mind does not find good.
A perverted tongue will fall into disaster.

19 Better to be a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one with perverse lips who is a fool.

¹⁸A person who deceives his neighbor and then says, “I was only joking,”
¹⁹is like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows.^[a]

Proverbs 26:19 Elements of verses 18 and 19 were rearranged to get smooth English word order.

²⁸A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a smooth mouth causes ruin.

Evangelical Heritage Version (EHV)