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Proverbs 17:20

Proverbs 17:20

Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole Bible · Matthew Henry (1662–1714) · Public Domain

Note, 1. Framing ill designs will be of no advantage to us; there is

nothing got by them: He that has a froward heart, that sows discord and

is full of resentment, cannot promise himself to get by it sufficient

to counterbalance the loss of his repose and reputation, nor can he

take any rational satisfaction in it; he finds no good. 2. Giving ill

language will be a great disadvantage to us: He that has a perverse

tongue, spiteful and abusive, scurrilous or backbiting, falls into one

mischief or other, loses his friends, provokes his enemies, and pulls

trouble upon his own head. Many a one has paid dearly for an unbridled

tongue.

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