Proverbs 17:20

Proverbs chapter 17 · verse 20 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

King James Version · 1611

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

American Standard Version · 1901

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

v.19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.

v.20This passage

v.21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
Psalms 18:26
With the pure thou wilt show thyself pure; And with the perverse thou wilt show thyself froward.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.
Proverbs 10:14
Wise men lay up knowledge; But the mouth of the foolish is a present destruction.
Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.