20 The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 17:20
Wisdom in Household Peace, Tested Hearts, Just Speech, and Relational Restraint
The chapter moves through household peace, divine heart-testing, speech and poverty, family honor, bribery and love, rebuke and folly, quarrels and justice, friendship and surety, conflict and grief, crooked justice, wandering folly, and restrained speech.
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Verse 20
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The one with a perverse עִקֶּשׁ־ H6141 Adjective - masculine singular construct heart לֵ֭ב H3820 Noun - masculine singular finds יִמְצָא־ H4672 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular no לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle good ט֑וֹב H2896 Noun - masculine singular and he whose tongue בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ H3956 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular is deceitful וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ H2015 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singular falls יִפּ֥וֹל H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular into trouble בְּרָעָֽה׃ H7451 Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular