Proverbs 6:12

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking `with' perverseness of mouth,

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  • Prov 4:24 : 24 Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,
  • Prov 16:27 : 27 A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.
  • Prov 17:4 : 4 An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.
  • Matt 12:34 : 34 `Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things -- being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
  • Acts 20:30 : 30 and of your own selves there shall arise men, speaking perverse things, to draw away the disciples after them.
  • 1 Tim 5:13 : 13 and at the same time also, they learn `to be' idle, going about the houses; and not only idle, but also tattlers and busybodies, speaking the things they ought not;
  • Titus 1:10-11 : 10 for there are many both insubordinate, vain-talkers, and mind-deceivers -- especially they of the circumcision -- 11 whose mouth it behoveth to stop, who whole households do overturn, teaching what things it behoveth not, for filthy lucre's sake.
  • Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tongue `is' a fire, the world of the unrighteousness, so the tongue is set in our members, which is spotting our whole body, and is setting on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by the gehenna.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Jehovah `is' to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.
  • Prov 11:6 : 6 The righteousness of the upright delivereth them, And in mischief the treacherous are captured.
  • Ps 10:3 : 3 Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
  • Ps 10:7 : 7 Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,
  • Ps 36:3 : 3 The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit. 3 Thou hast loved evil rather than good, Lying, than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 59:7 : 7 Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords `are' in their lips, for `Who heareth?'
  • Ps 73:8-9 : 8 They do corruptly, And they speak in the wickedness of oppression, From on high they speak. 9 They have set in the heavens their mouth, And their tongue walketh in the earth.
  • Prov 2:12 : 12 To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,
  • Jas 1:21 : 21 wherefore having put aside all filthiness and superabundance of evil, in meekness be receiving the engrafted word, that is able to save your souls;
  • Jer 24:2 : 2 In the one basket `are' figs very good, like the first-ripe figs, and in the other basket `are' figs very bad, that are not eaten for badness.
  • Jer 24:8-9 : 8 And like the bad figs, that are not eaten for badness, Surely thus said Jehovah: So do I make Zedekiah king of Judah, And his heads, and the remnant of Jerusalem, Who are left in this land, And who are dwelling in the land of Egypt, 9 And I have given them for a trembling, For evil -- to all kingdoms of the earth, For a reproach, and for a simile, For a byword, and for a reviling, In all the places whither I drive them. 10 And I have sent against them the sword, The famine and the pestilence, Till their consumption from off the ground, That I gave to them and to their fathers!
  • 1 Sam 17:28 : 28 And Eliab, his eldest brother, heareth when he speaketh unto the men, and the anger of Eliab burneth against David, and he saith, `Why `is' this -- thou hast come down! and to whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I have known thy pride, and the evil of thy heart -- for, to see the battle thou hast come down.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 6:13-14
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    13Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,

    14Frowardness `is' in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 16:27-30
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    27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

    28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

    29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, And hath causeth him to go in a way not good.

    30Consulting his eyes to devise froward things, Moving his lips he hath accomplished evil.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Prov 2:14-15
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    14Who are rejoicing to do evil, They delight in frowardness of the wicked,

    15Whose paths `are' crooked, Yea, they are perverted in their ways.

  • Ps 36:3
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    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • Prov 6:17-19
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    17Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

    18A heart devising thoughts of vanity -- Feet hasting to run to evil --

    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Prov 2:12
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    12To deliver thee from an evil way, From any speaking froward things,

  • Job 34:8
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    8And he hath travelled for company With workers of iniquity, So as to go with men of wickedness.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

  • Prov 10:31-32
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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

    32The lips of the righteous know a pleasing thing, And the mouth of the wicked perverseness!

  • Prov 4:24
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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Prov 24:8
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    8Whoso is devising to do evil, Him they call a master of wicked thoughts.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil man seeketh only rebellion, And a fierce messenger is sent against him.

  • Prov 10:9-10
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    9Whoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.

    10Whoso is winking the eye giveth grief, And a talkative fool kicketh.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A bribe from the bosom the wicked taketh, To turn aside the paths of judgment.

  • Isa 32:6
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    6For a fool speaketh folly, And his heart doth iniquity, to do profanity, And to speak concerning Jehovah error, To empty the soul of the hungry, Yea, drink of the thirsty he causeth to lack.

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

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    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, And his mouth for stripes calleth.

  • Prov 12:6
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    6The words of the wicked `are': `Lay wait for blood,' And the mouth of the upright delivereth them.

  • Ps 12:2
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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

  • Prov 6:11
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    11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.

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    1Better `is' the poor walking in his integrity, Than the perverse `in' his lips, who `is' a fool.

  • Prov 18:3
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    3With the coming of the wicked come also hath contempt, And with shame -- reproach.

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    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

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    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

  • Prov 8:7
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    7For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips `is' wickedness.

  • Ps 55:11
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    11Mischiefs `are' in its midst. Fraud and deceit depart not from its street.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

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    4A perverse heart turneth aside from me, Wickedness I know not.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hath hardened by his face, And the upright -- he prepareth his way.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17Whoso is short of temper doth folly, And a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • Ps 41:6
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    6And if he came to see -- vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out -- at the street he speaketh.

  • Ps 12:8
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    8Around the wicked walk continually, According as vileness is exalted by sons of men!

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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

  • Job 20:12
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    12Though he doth sweeten evil in his mouth, Doth hide it under his tongue,