Proverbs 10:20

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Proverbs 10:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

19 When words are many, sin is unavoidable, but he who restrains his lips is wise.

20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

21 The lips of the righteous feed many, but fools die for lack of judgment.

22 The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Proverbs 12:18

Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

Proverbs 15:4

A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

Proverbs 16:13

Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

Proverbs 25:11

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver.

Proverbs 25:12

Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Matthew 12:35

The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

Proverbs 23:7

for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

Genesis 6:5

Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

Genesis 8:21

When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

Jeremiah 17:9

The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.