Proverbs 10:20 · KJV
“The tongue of the just {is as} choice silver: the heart of the wicked {is} little worth.”
— Proverbs 10:20
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}
Proverbs 10 — Context
He that hideth hatred {with} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, {is} a fool.
19In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips {is} wise.
20The tongue of the just {is as} choice silver: the heart of the wicked {is} little worth.
21The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom. {of wisdom: Heb. of heart}
22The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.
Cross References
Genesis 6:5
And GOD saw that the wickedness of man {was} great in the earth, and {that} every imagination of the thoughts of his heart {was} only evil continually. {every...: or, the whole imagination: the Hebrew word signifieth not only the imagination, but also the purposes and desires} {continually: Heb. every day}
Proverbs 12:18
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise {is} health.
Jeremiah 17:9
The heart {is} deceitful above all {things}, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Matthew 12:34-35
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Proverbs 15:4
A wholesome tongue {is} a tree of life: but perverseness therein {is} a breach in the spirit. {A wholesome...: Heb. The healing of the tongue}
Proverbs 23:7
For as he thinketh in his heart, so {is} he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart {is} not with thee.
Proverbs 8:19
My fruit {is} better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver.
Proverbs 16:13
Righteous lips {are} the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right.