Proverbs 17:20

The book of Proverbs gives us insights into so many different areas of life. The book gives us instruction on how to live our lives for God. Here is a proverb that gives us insight about our mindset:

Proverbs 17:20

He who has a crooked mind finds no good, And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.

Proverbs 17:20 (ESV)

A man of crooked heart does not discover good,

and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. 

A crooked mind and perverted language go together! This proverb is a way for Solomon to tells us about the human experience and how we are controlled from the inside out. When we have corruption in the mind we will express it with the tongue. Another way to say that is, "What's in the well, comes up in the buket." So, what we think in our minds (well) comes up in the bucket (the tongue). If we are no good in our thought process we will be the same in our speech process. We can tell when someone is corrupt in the inside as we listen to their speech. Let's not kid ourselves, bad language is simply an expression of an evil heart. WE don't clean up our tongue without first having God control our hearts and minds. What is in the well come ups in the bucket. Which means we have to clean the heart and mind before we hear pure things on the lips.