KJVThe tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the righteous isaschoice silver: The heart of the wicked is little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked has little worth.
The tongue of the righteous is chosen silver, The heart of the wicked--as a little thing.
The tongue of the righteous [man] is [as] choice silver; the heart of the wicked is little worth.
Proverbs — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
P R O V E R B S CHAP. X. Hitherto we have been in the porch or preface to the proverbs, here they begin. They are short but weighty sentences; most of them are distichs, two sentences in one verse, illustrating each other; but it is seldom that there…