Proverbs 6:12

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A worthless person, a man of wickedness, walks with a corrupt mouth,

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  • Prov 4:24 : 24 Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Even from among your own group, men will rise up, speaking twisted things to draw away the disciples to follow them.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things they should not.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many who are rebellious, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision party. 11 They must be silenced because they are upsetting whole households by teaching things they should not for the sake of dishonest gain.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting the entire course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior, and perverse speech.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of the desires of his heart, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 When Doeg the Edomite came and reported to Saul, saying, 'David has gone to the house of Ahimelech.' 3 Why do you boast about evil, O mighty man? The steadfast love of God endures all day long. 4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, you worker of deceit.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 They return in the evening, snarling like dogs as they prowl the city.
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff and speak with malice; with arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They set their mouths against the heavens, and their tongues strut through the earth.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, rid yourselves of all moral filth and the excess of evil, and humbly accept the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
  • Jer 24:2 : 2 One basket contained very good figs, like early-ripened figs, while the other basket contained very bad figs so bad they could not be eaten.
  • Jer 24:8-9 : 8 But like the bad figs that are so bad they cannot be eaten, says the LORD, so will I treat Zedekiah, king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land and those living in the land of Egypt. 9 I will make them a horror and an object of calamity among all the kingdoms of the earth—a reproach, a byword, a taunt, and a curse in all the places where I drive them. 10 I will send the sword, famine, and pestilence against them until they are completely destroyed from the land I gave to them and their ancestors.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking to the men, he became angry with David and said, 'Why have you come down here? And who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your pride and the wickedness of your heart; you came down only to watch the battle.'

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  • Prov 6:13-14
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    13winking with his eyes, signaling with his feet, pointing with his fingers.

    14He plots evil with deceit in his heart; he constantly stirs up dissension.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

  • Prov 16:27-30
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    27A worthless man plots evil, and his words are like a scorching fire.

    28A perverse person spreads conflict, and a gossip separates close friends.

    29A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

    30The one who winks with his eyes is plotting perverse things, and the one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceit and oppression; under his tongue are trouble and iniquity.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20A crooked heart will not find good, and the one with a deceitful tongue will fall into trouble.

  • Prov 2:14-15
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    14from those who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perversity of wickedness.

    15Their paths are crooked, and their ways are devious.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3For he flatters himself in his own eyes, thinking his iniquity will not be discovered or hated.

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

    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are quick to rush into evil,

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  • Prov 2:12
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    12rescuing you from the way of evil, from anyone who speaks perversely,

  • Job 34:8
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    8He walks in company with evildoers and associates with the wicked.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but a perverse tongue will be cut off.

    32The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perversities.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and keep corrupt speech far from you.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You let your mouth speak evil, and your tongue devises deceit.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8The one who plots evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11A rebellious person seeks only evil, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9The one who walks in integrity walks securely, but the one who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10The one who winks with an eye causes trouble, and a fool with loose lips will come to ruin.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23The wicked accept a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6
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    6For the fool speaks folly, and his heart inclines toward wickedness: to practice ungodliness and to speak error about the Lord, leaving the hungry unsatisfied and depriving the thirsty of drink.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Their mouths are full of curses and bitterness.

  • Prov 18:6
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    6A fool's lips lead to strife, and his mouth invites a beating.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the mouth of the upright rescues them.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Help, LORD, for the godly have vanished; the faithful have disappeared from among humanity.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11and poverty will come upon you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.

  • Prov 19:1
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    1Better to be poor and walk in integrity than to be a fool with twisted lips.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3When the wicked comes, contempt also comes, and with dishonor comes shame.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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    18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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    7For my mouth speaks truth, and wickedness is detestable to my lips.

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    11Day and night they surround it on its walls, and trouble and wickedness are within it.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9LORD, lead me in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make Your way straight before me.

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    5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked act shamefully and disgrace themselves.

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    4A perverse heart will depart from me; I will not associate with evil.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face, but an upright person considers their way.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12Her rich men are full of violence; her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongues are deceitful in their mouths.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17A quick-tempered person does foolish things, and one who devises evil is hated.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6My enemies speak evil of me, saying, 'When will he die, and his name perish?

  • Ps 12:8
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    8You, LORD, will keep them; you will protect them from this generation forever.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk of trouble.

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though evil tastes sweet in his mouth and he hides it under his tongue,