Proverbs 17:4
21st Century King James Version
4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips, and a liar giveth ear to a wicked tongue.
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Proverbs 17:4
American Standard Version
4 An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips;
And [a]a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:4 Hebrew falsehood.
Proverbs 17:20
21st Century King James Version
20 He that hath a froward heart findeth no good, and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into iniquity.
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Proverbs 17:20
American Standard Version
20 He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good;
And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into [a]mischief.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:20 Or, calamity
Proverbs 19:1
21st Century King James Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
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Proverbs 19:1
American Standard Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
Proverbs 26:18-19
21st Century King James Version
18 As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows and death,
19 so is the man that deceiveth his neighbor and saith, “Am I not in jest?”
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Proverbs 26:18-19
American Standard Version
18 As a madman who casteth firebrands,
Arrows, and death,
19 So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor,
And saith, Am not I in sport?
Proverbs 26:28
21st Century King James Version
28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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Proverbs 26:28
American Standard Version
28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath [a]wounded;
And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:28 Hebrew crushed.
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