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Proverbs 17:20

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20 The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Proverbs 17:20

Commentary on Proverbs 17:20

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There is nothing got by ill designs. And many have paid dear for an unbridled tongue.

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