Proverbs 17:20
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Note He that hath a froward…: Heb. The froward of heart
One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- He that hath a froward heart
- Heb. The froward of heart.
- Proverbs 3:32; Proverbs 6:12–15; Proverbs 8:13; Psalm 18:26
- and he
- Proverbs 10:10, 14, 31; Proverbs 18:6, 7; Ecclesiastes 10:12; James 3:6–8