20The 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 perverseעִקֶּשׁ־H6141Adjective - masculine singular constructheartלֵ֭בH3820Noun - masculine singularfindsיִמְצָא־H4672Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularnoלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particlegoodט֑וֹבH2896Noun - masculine singularand he whose tongueבִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹH3956Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singularis deceitfulוְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְH2015Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - masculine singularfallsיִפּ֥וֹלH5307Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singularinto troubleבְּרָעָֽה׃H7451Preposition-b | Adjective - feminine singular