Proverbs 17:20

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Proverbs 17:18–22 · Berean Standard Bible

18 A man lacking judgment strikes hands in pledge and puts up security for his neighbor.

19 He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.

20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.

21 A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.

22 A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones.

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

Proverbs 3:32

for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 6:13

winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.

Proverbs 6:14

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

Proverbs 6:15

Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.

Proverbs 8:13

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

Psalms 18:26

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Proverbs 10:10

He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise store up knowledge, but the mouth of the fool invites destruction.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 18:6

A fool’s lips bring him strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

Proverbs 18:7

A fool’s mouth is his ruin, and his lips are a snare to his soul.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.

James 3:6

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.

James 3:7

All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man,

James 3:8

but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison.