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Proverbs 17:20
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Proverbs 17:20
20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
20†He that hath a froward heart, findeth no good, and he that hath a peruerse tongue, falleth into mischiefe.
- Heb. the froward of heart.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 17:20
Perverse, untoward, self-willed.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
To discover, meet with, obtain, perceive, or learn by search or experience.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
That which is right, beneficial, pleasing, useful, or morally upright.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
The organ of speech; a language; speech or manner of speaking.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Harm; hurt; injury; damage; evil, whether intended or not.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
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Open the full verse study6And 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.
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Open the full verse study31The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
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Open the full verse study12The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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Open the full verse study10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
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Open the full verse study14Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
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Open the full verse study6A 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.
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Open the full verse study32For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
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Open the full verse study12¶ 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.
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Open the full verse study13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
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Open the full verse study26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
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