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Proverbs 10:20
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In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips [is] wise.
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The tongue of the just [is as] choice silver: the heart of the wicked [is] little worth.
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The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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Verse Text
KJV with Strong's Numbers
The tongueH3956 of the justH6662 is as choiceH977 silverH3701: the heartH3820 of the wickedH7563 is little worthH4592.
Original Hebrew
כֶּסֶף נִבְחָר לְשֹׁון צַדִּיק לֵב רְשָׁעִים כִּמְעָט׃
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Morphology | Gloss |
|---|---|---|---|---|
כֶּ֣סֶף |
Ke.sef | H3701 | HNcmsa | (is) silver |
נִ֭בְחָר |
Niv.chor | H977 | HVNrmsa | chosen |
לְשׁ֣וֹן |
le.Shon | H3956 | HNcbsc | (the) tongue of |
צַדִּ֑יק |
tza.Dik | H6662 | HAamsa | (the) righteous |
לֵ֖ב |
lev | H3820 | HNcmsc | (the) heart of |
רְשָׁעִ֣ים |
re.sha.'Im | H7563 | HAampa | wicked (people) |
כִּ/מְעָֽט |
ki/m.'At | H4592 | HR/Ncmsa | (is) like/ a little |
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
- H977 — בָּחַר (bâchar, baw-khar'): a primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. (by implication) select; acceptable, appoint, choose (choice), excellent, join, be rather, require.
- H3701 — כֶּסֶף (keçeph, keh'-sef): from כָּסַף; silver (from its pale color); by implication, money; money, price, silver(-ling).
- H3820 — לֵב (lêb, labe): a form of לֵבָב; the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything; [phrase] care for, comfortably, consent, [idiom] considered, courag(-eous), friend(-ly), ((broken-), (hard-), (merry-), (stiff-), (stout-), double) heart(-ed), [idiom] heed, [idiom] I, kindly, midst, mind(-ed), [idiom] regard(-ed), [idiom] themselves, [idiom] unawares, understanding, [idiom] well, willingly, wisdom.
- H3956 — לָשׁוֹן (lâshôwn, law-shone'): or לָשֹׁן; also (in plural) feminine לְשֹׁנָה; from לָשַׁן; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water); [phrase] babbler, bay, [phrase] evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
- H4592 — מְעַט (mᵉʻaṭ, meh-at'): or מְעָט; from מָעַט; a little or few (often adverbial or compar.); almost (some, very) few(-er, -est), lightly, little (while), (very) small (matter, thing), some, soon, [idiom] very.
- H6662 — צַדִּיק (tsaddîyq, tsad-deek'): from צָדַק; just; just, lawful, righteous (man).
- H7563 — רָשָׁע (râshâʻ, raw-shaw'): from רָשַׁע; morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person; [phrase] condemned, guilty, ungodly, wicked (man), that did wrong.
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