Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
In Context
19In the multitude of words there wants not sin: but he that refrains his lips is wise.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for lack of wisdom.
Cross References
Genesis 8:21And the LORD smelled a sweet savour; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again strike any more every thing living, as I have done.
Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Proverbs 15:4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
Proverbs 20:15There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Proverbs 25:11A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can all of you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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 →