Proverbs 17:20New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— He that is of a perverse heart, shall not find good: and he that perverteth his tongue, shall fall into evil.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— He that hath a froward heart, findeth no good, and he that hath a peruerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— He who slanders in heart will not find good; and he who has an evil tongue falls into mischief.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
He that hath a froward
6141 {6141} Primeעִקֵּשׁ`iqqesh{ik-kashe'}
From H6140; distorted; hence false.
heart
3820 {3820} Primeלֵבleb{labe}
A form of H3824; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.
findeth
4672 {4672} Primeמָצָאmatsa'{maw-tsaw'}
A primitive root; properly to come forth to, that is, appear or exist; transitively to attain, that is, find or acquire; figuratively to occur, meet or be present.
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
no
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
good:
2896 {2896} Primeטוֹבtowb{tobe}
From H2895; good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural ( good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb ( well).
and he that hath a perverse
2015 {2015} Primeהָפַךְhaphak{haw-fak'}
A primitive root; to turn about or over; by implication to change, overturn, return, pervert.
z8738 <8738> Grammar
Stem - Niphal (See H8833) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 1429
tongue
3956 {3956} Primeלָשׁוֹןlashown{law-shone'}
From H3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water).
falleth
5307 {5307} Primeנָפַלnaphal{naw-fal'}
A primitive root; to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitively or causatively, literally or figuratively).
z8799 <8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Imperfect (See H8811) Count - 19885
into mischief.
7451 {7451} Primeרָעra`{rah}
From H7489; bad or (as noun) evil (naturally or morally). This includes the second (feminine) form; as adjective or noun. |
Proverbs 17:20
_ _ The second clause advances on the first. The ill-natured fail of good, and the caviling and fault-finding incur evil. |
Proverbs 17:20
_ _ Note, 1. Framing ill designs will be of no advantage to us; there is nothing got by them: He that has a froward heart, that sows discord and is full of resentment, cannot promise himself to get by it sufficient to counterbalance the loss of his repose and reputation, nor can he take any rational satisfaction in it; he finds no good. 2. Giving ill language will be a great disadvantage to us: He that has a perverse tongue, spiteful and abusive, scurrilous or backbiting, falls into one mischief or other, loses his friends, provokes his enemies, and pulls trouble upon his own head. Many a one has paid dearly for an unbridled tongue. |
Proverbs 17:20
No good — Shall not get that advantage which he expects. |
- He that hath a froward heart:
- Heb. The froward of heart,
Proverbs 3:32 For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.
Proverbs 6:12-15 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. ... Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs 8:13 The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Psalms 18:26 With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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Proverbs 10:10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:14 Wise [men] lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish [is] near destruction.
Proverbs 10:31 The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
Proverbs 18:6-7 A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. ... A fool's mouth [is] his destruction, and his lips [are] the snare of his soul.
Ecclesiastes 10:12 The words of a wise man's mouth [are] gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
James 3:6-8 And the tongue [is] a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. ... But the tongue can no man tame; [it is] an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.
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