Proverbs 17:20
Whoever is of a perverse heart shall not find good. And whoever turns his tongue shall fall into evil.
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In Context
19Whoever dwells on discord loves disputes. And whoever exalts his door seeks ruin.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:12An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;
Proverbs 10:10He who winks with the eye gives sorrow. And the foolish in lips shall be beaten.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the just shall bring forth wisdom. The tongue of the depraved will perish.
Ecclesiastes 10:12Words from the mouth of a wise man are graceful, but the lips of a foolish man will throw him down with violence.
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 →