Cross references

Proverbs 10:20

The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,

but the heart of the wicked has little worth.

Proverbs 10:20 BSB

Proverbs 10:20 has 10 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 3 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Genesis 6:5 (4 votes) and Proverbs 12:18 (4 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 7 other books, from Genesis 6 to Luke 6.

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Which verses does Proverbs 10:20 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great upon the earth, and that every inclination of the thoughts of his heart was altogether evil all the time.

  2. Speaking rashly is like a piercing sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

  3. The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it?

  4. A soothing tongue is a tree of life, but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.

  5. You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.

  6. When the LORD smelled the pleasing aroma, He said in His heart, “Never again will I curse the ground because of man, even though every inclination of his heart is evil from his youth. And never again will I destroy all living creatures as I have done.

  7. My fruit is better than gold, pure gold, and my harvest surpasses choice silver.

  8. Righteous lips are a king’s delight, and he who speaks honestly is beloved.

  9. for he is keeping track, inwardly counting the cost. “Eat and drink,” he says to you, but his heart is not with you.

  10. A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in settings of silver. Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold is a wise man’s rebuke to a listening ear.

Which verses point to Proverbs 10:20?

The 10 strongest of 15.