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Proverbs Chapter 10 verse 20 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is `as' choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
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BBE Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the upright man is like tested silver: the heart of the evil-doer is of little value.
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DARBY Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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KJV Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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WBT Proverbs 10:20


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WEB Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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YLT Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous `is' chosen silver, The heart of the wicked -- as a little thing.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 20. - Choice (Proverbs 8:10, 19); tested, purified by fire; πεπυρωμένος, Septuagint. Is little worth; mere dross, in contradistinction to choice silver. So the tongue is contrasted with the heart, out of whose abundance it speaketh (Ecclus. 21:26, "The heart of fools is in their mouth; but the mouth of the wise is in their heart"). Septuagint, "The heart of the godless shall fail (ἐκλείψει)."

Ellicott's Commentary