Proverbs 17:20
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
19He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his gate high invites destruction.
21A man fathers a fool to his own grief; the father of a fool has no joy.
Cross References
Psalms 18:26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 10:10He who winks the eye causes grief, and foolish lips will come to ruin.
Proverbs 10:31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut out.
Ecclesiastes 10:12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool consume him.
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 →