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 LORD abhorreth the froward, but his secret is among the righteous.
Proverbs 6:12
An ungodly person, a wicked man goeth with a froward mouth,
Proverbs 8:13
With me is the fear of the LORD, and the eschewing of evil. As for pride, disdain, and evil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked things, I utterly abhor them.
Psalm 18:26
With the clean thou shalt be clean, and with the froward thou shalt be froward. {TYNDALE: With the pure thou shalt be pure, and with the froward thou shalt be froward also.}

And he

Proverbs 10:10
He that winketh with his eye, will do some harm; but he that hath a foolish mouth shall be beaten.
Proverbs 18:6
A fool's lips are ever brawling, and his mouth provoketh unto battle.
Ecclesiastes 10:12
The words out of a wise man's mouth are gracious, but the lips of a fool will destroy himself.
James 3:6
and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.