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He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.(Proverbs 10:17)
He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.(Proverbs 10:18)
In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.(Proverbs 10:19)
The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.(Proverbs 10:21)
The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and he addeth no sorrow with it.(Proverbs 10:22)
It is as sport to a fool to do mischief: but a man of understanding hath wisdom.(Proverbs 10:23)

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Proverbs 10:20 - Cross Reference

A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. (Proverbs 25:11)
There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. (Proverbs 12:18)
A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit. (Proverbs 15:4)
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. (Matthew 12:34)
And the LORD smelled a sweet savor; and the LORD said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake; for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I again smite any more every thing living, as I have done. (Genesis 8:21)
My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. (Proverbs 8:19)
Righteous lips are the delight of kings; and they love him that speaketh right. (Proverbs 16:13)
The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it? (Jeremiah 17:9)
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. (Genesis 6:5)
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 23:7)