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Proverbs 10:20

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.

Proverbs 10:20 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Proverbs 10:20

Theological / Devotional

Choice silver. The contrast is between the words of a good man and the mind and heart of a fool. Although the wise man does not express all that is in his heart, what he does say is good. It comes from a pure source, and has been carefully evaluated before being uttered (see ch. 8:19).

The words of the wicked are of little value because the mind from which they come is perverse, carnal, and concerned only with temporal affairs.

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