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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.(Proverbs 17:17)
A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.(Proverbs 17:18)
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.(Proverbs 17:19)
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy.(Proverbs 17:21)
A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones.(Proverbs 17:22)
A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.(Proverbs 17:23)

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Proverbs 17:20 - Cross Reference

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward. (Psalm 18:26)
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. (Proverbs 8:13)
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes. (Proverbs 18:6)
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. (Proverbs 10:10)
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. (Proverbs 6:12)
And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. (James 3:6)
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself. (Ecclesiastes 10:12)
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. (Proverbs 3:32)
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction. (Proverbs 10:14)
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out. (Proverbs 10:31)