Proverbs 10:20
The tongue of the righteous is like choice silver. The heart of the wicked is of little worth.
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- Genesis 6:5 Yahweh saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every imagination of the thoughts of man’s heart was continually only evil.
- Proverbs 12:18 There is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.
- Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things and it is exceedingly corrupt. Who can know it?