THEOSISProverbs 10:20Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר לְשׁ֣וֹן צַדִּ֑יק לֵ֖ב רְשָׁעִ֣ים כִּמְעָֽט׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Gen 6:5And God seeing that the wickedness of men was great on the earth, and that all the thought of their heart was bent upon evil at all times,
- Prov 12:18There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.
- Jer 17:9The heart is perverse above all things, and unsearchable, who can know it?
- Gen 8:21And the Lord smelled a sweet savour, and said: I will no more curse the earth for the sake of man: for the imagination and thought of man's heart are prone to evil from his youth: therefore I will no more destroy every living soul as I have done.
- Prov 16:13Just lips are the delight of kings: he that speaketh right things shall be loved.
- Prov 15:4A peaceable tongue is a tree of life: but that which is immoderate, shall crush the spirit.
- Matt 12:34O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matt 12:35A good man out of a good treasure bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of an evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.