Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that hath a froward heart
Bible References
He that hath a froward heart
Proverbs 3:32
For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
Proverbs 8:13
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Psalm 18:26
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
With the pure You show Yourself pure,
And with the crooked You show Yourself astute.
And he
Proverbs 10:10
He who [maliciously] winks the eye [of evil intent] causes trouble;
And the babbling fool [who is arrogant and thinks himself wise] will come to ruin.
He who [maliciously] winks the eye [of evil intent] causes trouble;
And the babbling fool [who is arrogant and thinks himself wise] will come to ruin.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool’s lips bring contention and strife,
And his mouth invites a beating.
A fool’s lips bring contention and strife,
And his mouth invites a beating.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious and win him favor, but the lips of a fool consume him;
James 3:6
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).