Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
In Context
19Where much babblyng is, there must needes be offence: and he that refrayneth his lippes, is wyse.
21The lippes of the ryghteous feede a whole multitude: but fooles shall dye in their owne follie.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the Lorde smelled a sweete [or quiet] sauour, and the Lord sayde in his heart: I wyll not hencefoorth curse the grounde any more for mans sake, for the imagination of mans heart is euyll [euen] from his youth: neyther wyll I smyte any more euery thyng lyuyng, as I haue done.
Proverbs 8:19My fruite is better then golde and pretious stones, and mine encrease more worth then fine siluer.
Proverbs 15:4A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.
Proverbs 20:15There is golde, and a multitude of precious stones: but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell.
Proverbs 25:11A worde spoken in due season, is lyke apples of golde in a graued worke of siluer.
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 10:20
19 In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise. We are here admonished concerning the government of the tongue, that necessary duty of a Christian. 1. It is good to say little, because in the multitude of words there wanteth not sin, or sin doth not cease. Usually, those that speak much speak much amiss, and among many words there cannot but be many idle words, which they must shortly give an account of. Those that love to hear themselves talk do not consider what work… Read the whole commentary →