Proverbs 6:12

World English Bible (2000)

A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

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  • Prov 4:24 : 24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 Men will arise from among your own selves, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 Besides, they also learn to be idle, going about from house to house. Not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 For there are also many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped; men who overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for dishonest gain's sake.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them, but the unfaithful will be trapped by evil desires.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Behold, they spew with their mouth. Swords are in their lips, "For," they say, "who hears us?"
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression. 9 They have set their mouth in the heavens. Their tongue walks through the earth.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 Therefore, putting away all filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with humility 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 As the bad figs, which can't be eaten, they are so bad, surely thus says Yahweh, So will I give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt, 9 I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I shall drive them. 10 I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, until they be consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? With whom have you left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride, and the naughtiness of your heart; for you have come down that you might see the battle."

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    13 who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, who motions with his fingers;

    14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 16:27-30
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    27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

    28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

    30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

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

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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

    15 who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:

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

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

    18 a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

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    12 to deliver you from the way of evil, from the men who speak perverse things;

  • Job 34:8
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    8 Who goes in company with the workers of iniquity, and walks with wicked men?

  • Prov 19:28
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    28 A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

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

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

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    24 Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 "You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

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

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9 He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.

    10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow, but a chattering fool will fall.

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    23 A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6
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    6 For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, 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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    14 "whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness."

  • Prov 18:6
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    6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6 The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2 Everyone lies to his neighbor. They speak with flattering lips, and with a double heart.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11 so your poverty will come as a robber, and your scarcity as an armed man.

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    5 For your iniquity teaches your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

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    18 He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

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    28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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    7 For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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    11 Destructive forces are within her. Threats and lies don't depart from her streets.

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    9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth. Their heart is destruction. Their throat is an open tomb. They flatter with their tongue.

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    5 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

  • Ps 101:4
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    4 A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29 A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12 Her rich men are full of violence, her inhabitants speak lies, and their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.

  • Ps 12:8
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    8 The wicked walk on every side, when what is vile is exalted among the sons of men. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David.

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    2 for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

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    12 "Though wickedness is sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue,