Solomon’s Proverbs: The Wise Son
Proverbs 10:20
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
- KJV
- The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- WEB
- The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
- ASV
- The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
- LSV
- The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, || The heart of the wicked—as a little thing.
- YLT
- The tongue of the righteous [is] chosen silver, The heart of the wicked — as a little thing.
- DBY
- The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- DRC
- The tongue of the just is as choice silver: but the heart of the wicked is nothing worth.
- GNV
- The tongue of the iust man is as fined siluer: but the heart of the wicked is litle worth.
- JPS
- The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
- LXXE
- The tongue of the just is tried silver; but the heart of the ungodly shall fail.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- כֶּ֣סֶף נִ֭בְחָר לְשׁ֣וֹן צַדִּ֑יק לֵ֖ב רְשָׁעִ֣ים כִּמְעָֽט׃
- LXX-Br
- Ἄργυρος πεπυρωμένος γλῶσσα δικαίου, καρδία δὲ ἀσεβοῦς ἐκλείψει.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
SilverProverbs, Book ofPoetryHeart, Character of the UnrenewedDepravity of ManSpeakingProverbs, the Book ofGod
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Jeremiah 17:9The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?
- Proverbs 12:18Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.
- Genesis 6:5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.
- Matthew 12:34–35You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil…
- Proverbs 15:4A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.
- Proverbs 23:7for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.
- Proverbs 8:19My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.
- Genesis 8:21When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all…
- Proverbs 16:13Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.
- Proverbs 25:11–12A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).