Proverbs 6:12

American Standard Version (1901)

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

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  • Prov 4:24 : 24 Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 and from among your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them; But the treacherous shall be taken in their own iniquity.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, And the covetous renounceth, [yea], contemneth Jehovah.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they belch out with their mouth; Swords are in their lips: For who, [say they], doth hear?
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens, And their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Jer 24:2 : 2 One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
  • Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt, 9 I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them. 10 And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why art thou come down? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thy heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

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  • Prov 6:13-14
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    13That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 16:27-30
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    27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

    28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 2:14-15
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    14Who rejoice to do evil, And delight in the perverseness of evil;

    15Who are crooked in their ways, And wayward in their paths:

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

  • Prov 6:17-19
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    17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of evil, From the men that speak perverse things;

  • Job 34:8
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    8Who goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, And walketh with wicked men?

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous bringeth forth wisdom; But the perverse tongue shall be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable; But the mouth of the wicked [speaketh] perverseness.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from thee a wayward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

    10He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow; But a prating fool shall fall.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6
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    6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness:

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked are of lying in wait for blood; But the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2They speak falsehood every one with his neighbor: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11So shall thy poverty come as a robber, And thy want as an armed man.

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    1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, And with ignominy [cometh] reproach.

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    5For thine iniquity teacheth thy mouth, And thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For my mouth shall utter truth; And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Wickedness is in the midst thereof: Oppression and guile depart not from its streets.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is very wickedness; Their throat is an open sepulchre; They flatter with their tongue.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4A perverse heart shall depart from me: I will know no evil thing.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardeneth his face; But as for the upright, he establisheth his ways.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12For the rich men thereof are full of violence, and the inhabitants thereof have spoken lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their mouth.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if he come to see [me], he speaketh falsehood; His heart gathereth iniquity to itself: When he goeth abroad, he telleth it.

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    8The wicked walk on every side, When vileness is exalted among the sons of men.

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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, Though he hide it under his tongue,