the Week of Proper 24 / Ordinary 29
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Proverbs 10:20
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The words of the godly are like sterling silver; the heart of a fool is worthless.
The tongue of the righteous is [as] choice silver: The heart of the wicked is worth little.
The words of a good person are like pure silver, but an evil person's thoughts are worth very little.
What the righteous say is like the best silver, but what the wicked think is of little value.
The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is like precious silver (greatly valued); The heart of the wicked is worth little.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the heart of the wicked is of little worth.
Chosun siluer is the tunge of a iust man; the herte of wickid men is for nouyt.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
The words of a good person are like pure silver, but the thoughts of an evil person are almost worthless.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
The tongue of the righteous is like pure silver, but the mind of the wicked is worth little.
The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Words from good people are like pure silver, but thoughts from the wicked are worthless.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the iust is as choise siluer: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of those who are right with God is like fine silver, but the heart of the sinful is not worth much.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.
The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver; the heart of the wicked is full of bitterness.
A good person's words are like pure silver; a wicked person's ideas are worthless.
Choice silver, is the tongue of the righteous, but, the sense of the lawless, is very small.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver; the mind of the wicked is of little worth.
The tongue of the iust man is as tried siluer: but the heart of the vngodly is a thyng of naught.
The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
The tongue of the righteous is pure silver;the heart of the wicked is of little value.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness, a heart of wickedness is of little worth.
The tongue of the just is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is as a little.
The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.
An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.
The speech of a good person is worth waiting for; the blabber of the wicked is worthless.
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver, The heart of the wicked is worth little.
The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver,The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
tongue: Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 15:4, Proverbs 16:13, Proverbs 25:11, Proverbs 25:12, Matthew 12:35
the heart: Proverbs 23:7, Genesis 6:5, Genesis 8:21, Jeremiah 17:9, Matthew 12:34
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:37 - the thing Psalms 71:24 - My tongue Proverbs 8:10 - General Proverbs 10:11 - mouth of a Proverbs 10:31 - mouth Proverbs 15:7 - the heart Proverbs 18:21 - Death Proverbs 20:15 - but Ecclesiastes 10:12 - words Song of Solomon 4:3 - lips Matthew 13:52 - which Luke 6:45 - good man
Cross-References
1 Chronicles 1:5-27">[xr] Now this is the genealogy of the sons of Noah: Shem, Ham, and Japheth. And sons were born to them after the flood.
The sons of Ham were Cush, Mizraim, Put, [fn] and Canaan.
He was a mighty hunter before the LORD; therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod the mighty hunter before the LORD."
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver,.... Which utters things precious, pure, pleasant, and profitable; things for worth and value as choice silver; the doctrines of the Gospel, the power of which he has felt upon his heart; the precious promises of it, which have been applied unto him; and the rich experience of grace he has been favoured with: things pure and incorrupt, like silver free from dross; as the doctrines of grace, fetched out of the mines of the sacred Scripture, free from the dross of error, without any human mixture; consistent and all of a piece, and which tend to purity of heart and life; things the reverse of a corrupt communication, nothing filthy and unclean; a pure language, the language of Canaan; the language of repentance, faith, and love, of prayer and thankfulness: things which are grateful and acceptable, are with grace, and minister grace to the hearers; things profitable and edifying; for the righteous man's mouth speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment; and his lips feed many, as in Proverbs 10:21; see Psalms 37:30;
the heart of the wicked [is] little worth; good for nothing, as the Vulgate Latin version. The righteous man's tongue is better than the wicked man's heart; there is no good thing in his heart naturally; all manner of evil is in it, and comes out of it; no sin can be named but what is in his heart; all that is in it is sinful; the thoughts of it, and the imagination of his thoughts, are only evil, and that continually; the affections are inordinate, and set on sinful lusts and pleasures; the mind and conscience are defiled with sin; the understanding is darkened with it, and the will is obstinate and perverse, and bent upon it: his heart is wicked, and exceedingly wicked; it is wickedness itself, very wickedness, desperately wicked, incurably so without the grace of God. Such therefore know not their hearts who say they have good hearts; and they are fools that trust in them: this shows the necessity of regeneration, and that powerful and efficacious grace is requisite to it.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The tongue, the instrument of the mind is contrasted with the heart or mind itself, the just with the wicked, the choice silver with the worthless “little,” the Hebrew word being possibly taken in its primary sense as a “filing” or “scraping” of dross or worthless metal. If the tongue is precious, how much more the mind! If the heart is worthless, how much more the speech!
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 10:20. The heart of the wicked is little worth — כמעט kimat, is like little or nothing; or is like dross, while the tongue of the just is like silver. A sinner's heart is worth nothing, and is good for nothing; and yet because it is his most hidden part, he vaunts of its honesty, goodness, c.! Yes, yes it is very honest and good, only the devil is in it! that is all.
