The Pulpit Commentary on Proverbs 10:20

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Choice (Proverbs 8:10, Proverbs 8:19); tested, purified by fire; πεπυρωμένος, Septuagint. Is little worth; mere dross, in contradistinction to choice silver. So the tongue is contrasted with the heart, out of whose abundance it speaketh (Ec Proverbs 21:26, "The heart of fools is in their mouth; but the mouth of the wise is in their heart").

Septuagint, "The heart of the godless shall fail ( ἐκλείψει)."

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