Proverbs 10:20 “The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wic…”

Proverbs 10:20

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

World English Bible

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.

American Standard Version

The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.

Geneva Bible 1599

The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.

Darby Translation

The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.

Young's Literal Translation

The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked — as a little thing.

Bible in Basic English

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.

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Cross references

“tongue”

Proverbs 12:18 Proverbs 15:4 Proverbs 16:13 Proverbs 25:11 Proverbs 25:12 Matthew 12:35

Proverbs 12:18 · BSB

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

Proverbs 15:4 · BSB

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

Proverbs 16:13 · BSB

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

Proverbs 25:11 · BSB

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

Proverbs 25:12 · BSB

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

Matthew 12:35 · BSB

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.

“the heart”

Genesis 6:5 Jeremiah 17:9 Proverbs 23:7 Genesis 8:21 Matthew 12:34

Genesis 6:5 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 17:9 · BSB

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

Proverbs 23:7 · BSB

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

Genesis 8:21 · BSB

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 l…

Matthew 12:34 · BSB

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

Also

Proverbs 8:19

Proverbs 8:19 · BSB

My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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