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Proverbs 17:20–21

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He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.
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From verse 20

  1. James 3:6–8Rank 1 from verse 20
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

    7For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind:

    8But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

  2. Proverbs 10:31Rank 2 from verse 20
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    31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

  3. Ecclesiastes 10:12Rank 3 from verse 20
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    12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

  4. Proverbs 10:10Rank 4 from verse 20
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    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.

  5. Proverbs 10:14Rank 5 from verse 20
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    14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.

  6. Proverbs 18:6–7Rank 6 from verse 20
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    6A fool’s lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

    7A fool’s mouth is his destruction, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

  7. Proverbs 3:32Rank 7 from verse 20
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    32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

  8. Proverbs 6:12–15Rank 8 from verse 20
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    12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

    13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

    15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

  9. Proverbs 8:13Rank 9 from verse 20
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  10. Psalms 18:26Rank 10 from verse 20
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    26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

From verse 21

  1. Proverbs 10:1Rank 1 from verse 21
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    1THE proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

  2. Proverbs 19:13Rank 2 from verse 21
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    13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

  3. 1 Samuel 2:32–35Rank 3 from verse 21
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    32And thou shalt see an enemy in my habitation, in all the wealth which God shall give Israel: and there shall not be an old man in thine house for ever.

    33And the man of thine, whom I shall not cut off from mine altar, shall be to consume thine eyes, and to grieve thine heart: and all the increase of thine house shall die in the flower of their age.

    34And this shall be a sign unto thee, that shall come upon thy two sons, on Hophni and Phinehas; in one day they shall die both of them.

    35And I will raise me up a faithful priest, that shall do according to that which is in mine heart and in my mind: and I will build him a sure house; and he shall walk before mine anointed for ever.

  4. Genesis 26:34Rank 4 from verse 21
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    34¶ And Esau was forty years old when he took to wife Judith the daughter of Beeri the Hittite, and Bashemath the daughter of Elon the Hittite:

  5. Proverbs 15:20Rank 5 from verse 21
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    20A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish man despiseth his mother.

  6. Proverbs 17:25Rank 6 from verse 21
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    25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him.

  7. Proverbs 23:15–16Rank 7 from verse 21
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    15My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

    16Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

  8. 2 Corinthians 2:3Rank 8 from verse 21
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    3And I wrote this same unto you, lest, when I came, I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoice; having confidence in you all, that my joy is the joy of you all.

  9. 2 Samuel 18:33Rank 9 from verse 21
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    33¶ And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee, O Absalom, my son, my son!

  10. 3 John 1:4Rank 10 from verse 21
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    4I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.

  11. Philemon 1:19–20Rank 11 from verse 21
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    19I Paul have written it with mine own hand, I will repay it: albeit I do not say to thee how thou owest unto me even thine own self besides.

    20Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the Lord: refresh my bowels in the Lord.

  12. 1 Samuel 8:3Rank 12 from verse 21
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    3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.

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DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 17:20

COMBINED MEANING

froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

heart

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Sense 1: The bodily organ. Sense 2: The inward person: the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

findeth

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Third-person singular present form of find (to discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

tongue

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1. The organ of the mouth used for tasting and speech. 2. Speech, words, or a language. 3. A tongue-shaped projection or arm of land or water.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

falleth

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1. Comes or goes down, drops, collapses, bows, or is overthrown. 2. Comes upon or enters a state or condition. 3. Of a lot or portion, is assigned or belongs. 4. In ‘falleth out,’ happens or occurs. 5. In ‘falleth to,’ yields or goes over to another side.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 17:21

COMBINED MEANING

fool

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Sense 1: A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding. Sense 2: As a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

sorrow

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Sense 1: Grief, sadness, anguish, pain, regret, distress, trouble, or heaviness. Sense 2: To grieve or cause such pain.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

father

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Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

joy

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Sense 1: Gladness, delight, or rejoicing. Sense 2: To rejoice, delight, or be glad.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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17:19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.

17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

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17:21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.

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17:22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.

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