Proverbs 17:20 meaning and explanation
The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
Proverbs 17:20, Berean Standard Bible
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This saying from Proverbs 17 pairs two claims about one kind of person. In Hebrew thought the heart is the seat of thought and intention, not merely emotion, so a perverse heart is a twisted inner bent that shapes what a person pursues.
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