Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs 10:20 in other translations
| BSB | The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth. |
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| WEB | The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth. |
| ASV | The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| YLT | The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked--as a little thing. |
| DARBY | The tongue of the righteous man is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
| BBE | The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value. |
| Webster | The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth. |
What does Proverbs 10:20 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 10:20-21
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 10:20 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 10:20
- Jeremiah 17:9
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
- Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Genesis 6:5
And God saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.
- Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.
- Matthew 12:34-35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
- Proverbs 8:19
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
- Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.
- Genesis 8:21
And 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 smite any more every thing living, as I have done.
- Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.
- Proverbs 25:11-12
A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. As an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover upon an obedient ear.
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Context
- Proverbs 10:19
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
- Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- Proverbs 10:21
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
Proverbs 10:20 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Plata escogida es la lengua del justo: mas el entendimiento de los impíos es como nada. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | La langue du juste est de l’argent choisi, le cœur des méchants est peu de chose. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Die Zunge des Gerechten ist auserlesenes Silber, der Verstand der Gesetzlosen ist wenig wert. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Argentum electum lingua justi; cor autem impiorum pro nihilo. |