Verse 20

An innocent tonge is a noble treasure, but the herte of the vngodly is nothinge worth.

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:18 : 18 A slaunderous personne pricketh like a swerde, but a wyse mans tonge is wholsome.
• Prov 15:4 : 4 A wholsome tonge is a tre of life, but he that abuseth it, hath a broken mynde.
• Prov 16:13 : 13 Righteous lippes are pleasaut vnto kynges, and they loue him yt speaketh ye trueth.
• Prov 23:7 : 7 for he hath a maruelous herte. He sayeth vnto ye: eate and drynke, where as his herte is not wt ye.
• Prov 25:11-12 : 11 A worde spoken in due season, is like apples of golde in a syluer dyshe. 12 The correccion of the wyse is to an obedient eare, a golden cheyne and a Iewel of golde.
• Jer 17:9 : 9 Amonge all thinges lyuynge, man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert. Who shall then knowe it?
• Matt 12:34-35 : 34 O ye generacio of vypers, how can ye speake good, whan ye youre selues are euell? For of ye abundace of ye hert ye mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of his hert, bringeth forth good thinges: & an euel man out of his euell treasure, bringeth forth euell thinges.
• Gen 6:5 : 5 But whan the LORDE sawe yt the wickednes of man was increased vpon ye earth, and that all ye thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually,
• Gen 8:21 : 21 And ye LORDE smelled the swete sauor, & sayde in his hert: I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mas sake, for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell, euen from the very youth of him. Therfore from hece forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth, as I haue done.
• Prov 8:19 : 19 My frute is better the golde & precious stone, & myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer.