Proverbs 6:12

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“A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,”

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“A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking <FI>with<Fi> perverseness of mouth,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:12 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 1 Samuel 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
  2. Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
  3. Psalms 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
  4. Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
  5. Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
  6. Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
  7. Psalms 73:8They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
  8. Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
  9. Proverbs 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
  10. Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
  11. Proverbs 4:24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
  12. Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
  13. Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
  14. Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
  15. Proverbs 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
  16. Proverbs 16:30He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
  17. Proverbs 17:4A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
  18. Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
  19. Jeremiah 24:8But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  20. Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
  21. Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  22. 1 Timothy 5:13At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
  23. Titus 1:10For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
  24. James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

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