Proverbs 17:20
He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.
A Conservative Version
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In Context
19He loves transgression who loves strife. He who raises high his gate seeks destruction.
21He who begets a fool [it is] to his sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
Cross References
Psalms 18:26With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 10:10He who winks with the eye causes sorrow. And a prating fool shall fall.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of a righteous man brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue shall be cut off.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will swallow himself up.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 17:20
19 He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. Note, 1. Those that are quarrelsome involve themselves in a great deal of guilt: He that loves strife, that in his worldly business loves to go to law, in religion loves controversies, and in common conversation loves to thwart and fall out, that is never well but when he is in the fire, he loves transgression; for a great deal of sin attends that sin, and the way of it is down-hill. He pretends to stand up for truth,… Read the whole commentary →