Parallel Verses

Darby Translation

He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.

New American Standard Bible

He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

King James Version

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Holman Bible

One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.

International Standard Version

The person whose mind is perverse does not find good, and anyone with perverted speech falls into trouble.

A Conservative Version

He who has a wayward heart finds no good, and he who has a perverse tongue falls into mischief.

American Standard Version

He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Amplified


He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Bible in Basic English

Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.

Julia Smith Translation

The perverse of heart shall not find good: and he turning about with his tongue shall fall into evil.

King James 2000

He that has a crooked heart finds no good: and he that has a perverse tongue falls into calamity.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

Modern King James verseion

He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a crooked tongue falls into mischief.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Whoso hath a froward heart, obtaineth no good; and he that hath an overthwart tongue, shall fall into mischief.

NET Bible

The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

New Heart English Bible

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

The Emphasized Bible

The crooked in heart, shall not find good, and, he that is perverse with his tongue, shall fall into wickedness.

Webster

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

World English Bible

One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

Youngs Literal Translation

The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
עקּשׁ 
`iqqesh 
Usage: 11

מצא 
Matsa' 
Usage: 455

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

References

Watsons

Context Readings

Proverbs Of Solomon

19 He loveth transgression that loveth a quarrel; he that maketh high his gate seeketh destruction. 20 He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil. 21 He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow, and the father of a vile man hath no joy.



Cross References

Psalm 18:26

With the pure thou dost shew thyself pure; and with the perverse thou dost shew thyself contrary.

Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.

Proverbs 6:12-15

A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.

Proverbs 10:10

He that winketh with the eye causeth grief, and a prating fool shall fall.

Proverbs 10:14

The wise lay up knowledge; but the mouth of the fool is near destruction.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of a righteous man putteth forth wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut out.

Proverbs 18:6-7

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for stripes.

Ecclesiastes 10:12

The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool swallow up himself.

James 3:6-8

and the tongue is fire, the world of unrighteousness; the tongue is set in our members, the defiler of the whole body, and which sets fire to the course of nature, and is set on fire of hell.

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