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Proverbs 17:20 Interlinear

“He that hath a froward heart findeth no good and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief”

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Proverbs 17 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	עִקֶּשׁ	H6141	He that hath a froward	distorted; hence, false
2	לֵ֭ב	H3820	heart	the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the center of anything
3	לֹ֣א	H3808		not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
4	יִמְצָא	H4672	findeth	properly, to come forth to, i.e., appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e., find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
5	ט֑וֹב	H2896	no good	good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good
6	וְנֶהְפָּ֥ךְ	H2015	and he that hath a perverse	to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
7	בִּ֝לְשׁוֹנ֗וֹ	H3956	tongue	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,
8	יִפּ֥וֹל	H5307	falleth	to fall, in a great variety of applications (intransitive or causative, literal or figurative)
9	בְּרָעָֽה׃	H7451	into mischief	bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

Proverbs 17:20 (current)He that hath a froward heart findeth no good and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief