Proverbs 6:12

Geneva Bible (1560)

The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

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  • Prov 4:24 : 24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Moreouer of your owne selues shall men arise speaking peruerse thinges, to drawe disciples after them.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 And likewise also being idle they learne to goe about from house to house: yea, they are not onely ydle, but also pratlers and busibodies, speaking things which are not comely.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are many disobedient & vaine talkers and deceiuers of mindes, chiefly they of the Circumcision, 11 Whose mouthes must bee stopped, which subuert whole houses, teaching things, which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousnesse of the iust shall deliuer them: but the transgressers shall be taken in their owne wickednes.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked hath made boast of his owne heartes desire, and the couetous blesseth himselfe: he contemneth the Lord.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully. 3 Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah. 4 Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they brag in their talke, & swords are in their lips: for, Who, say they, doeth heare?
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They are licentious, and speake wickedly of their oppression: they talke presumptuously. 9 They set their mouth against heauen, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of maliciousnesse, and receiue with meekenes the word that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules.
  • Jer 24:2 : 2 One basket had verie good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had verie naughtie figges, which could not be eaten, they were so euill.
  • Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And as the naughtie figges which can not bee eaten, they are so euill (surely thus saith the Lorde) so wil I giue Zedekiah the King of Iudah, and his princes, and the residue of Ierusalem, that remaine in this lande, and them that dwell in the lande of Egypt: 9 I will euen giue them for a terrible plague to all the kingdomes of the earth, and for a reproche, and for a prouerbe, for a common talke, and for a curse, in all places where I shall cast them. 10 And I will sende the sworde, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they bee consumed out of the land, that I gaue vnto them and to their fathers.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliab was verie angrie with Dauid, and sayde, Why camest thou downe hither? and with whome hast thou left those fewe sheepe in the wildernesse? I knowe thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come downe to see the battell.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:13-14
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    82%

    13He maketh a signe with his eyes: he signifieth with his feete: he instructeth with his fingers.

    14Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • 4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

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    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

    28A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

    29A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • 20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 2:14-15
    2 verses
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    14Which reioyce in doing euill, and delite in the frowardnesse of the wicked,

    15Whose wayes are crooked and they are lewde in their paths.

  • 3The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

  • Prov 6:17-19
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    75%

    17The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,

    18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

    19A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

  • 12And deliuer thee from the euill way, and from the man that speaketh froward things,

  • 8Which goeth in the companie of them that worke iniquitie, and walketh with wicked men?

  • 28A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

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    31The mouth of the iust shall be fruitfull in wisdome: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous knowe what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.

  • 24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.

  • 19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • 8Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

  • 11A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9He that walketh vprightly, walketh boldely: but he that peruerteth his wayes, shalbe knowen.

    10He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorowe, & he that is foolish in talke, shalbe beaten.

  • 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • 6But the nigarde will speake of nigardnesse, and his heart will worke iniquitie, and do wickedly, and speake falsely against the Lorde, to make emptie the hungrie soule, and to cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.

  • 14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitternesse.

  • 6A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

  • 6The talking of the wicked is to lye in waite for blood: but the mouth of the righteous will deliuer them.

  • 2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • 11Therefore thy pouertie commeth as one that trauaileth by the way, and thy necessitie like an armed man.

  • 1Better is ye poore that walketh in his vprightnes, then he that abuseth his lips, & is a foole.

  • 3When the wicked commeth, then commeth contempt, and with the vile man reproch.

  • 5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.

  • 18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • 28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • 7For my mouth shall speake the trueth, and my lippes abhorre wickednesse.

  • 11Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.

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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • 5A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

  • 4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will knowe none euill.

  • 29A wicked man hardeneth his face: but the iust, he will direct his way.

  • 12For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, & the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

  • 17He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • 6And if hee come to see mee, hee speaketh lies, but his heart heapeth iniquitie within him, and when he commeth foorth, he telleth it.

  • 8The wicked walke on euery side: when they are exalted, it is a shame for the sonnes of men.

  • 2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • 12When wickednesse was sweete in his mouth, and he hid it vnder his tongue,