Proverbs 17:20
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful will fall into trouble.
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he that hath a froward heart

Proverbs 3:32
for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Proverbs 6:12-15
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, . . .

Proverbs 8:13
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Psalm 18:26
to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

and he

Proverbs 10:10, 14, 31
He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin. . . .

Proverbs 18:6, 7
A fool's lips bring strife, and his mouth invites a beating. . . .

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

James 3:6-8
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. . . .

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

King James Bible
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

International Standard Version
The person whose mind is perverse does not find good, and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

NET Bible
The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He that is perverse in his heart will not find good and he that perverts his tongue falls into evil.
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