"He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief."
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With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall.
Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.
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.
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.
Nothing good comes to him whose heart is fixed on evil purposes: and he who has an evil tongue will come to trouble.
He that hath a perverse heart findeth no good; and he that shifteth about with his tongue falleth into evil.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, And one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.