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Proverbs 6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

KJV

Homo apostata, vir inutilis, graditur ore perverso ;

Vulgate

Ἀνὴρ ἄφρων καὶ παράνομος πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς·

LXX

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

ASV

אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
אָֽוֶן
'vn
noun · 78×
אָדָ֖ם
'dm
noun · 545×
בְּ֭לִיַּעַל
bly'l
noun · 27×
הוֹלֵ֣ךְ
hvlk
verb · 507×
י
y
noun · 496×
עִקְּשׁ֣וּת
'qshvt
noun · 2×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:13 — And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.
  • Acts 20:30 — Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.
  • Matt 12:34 — O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
  • Matt 15:18 — But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
  • Mic 2:1 — Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
  • Prov 4:24 — Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
  • Prov 4:24 — Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
  • Prov 5:6 — Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.
  • Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 8:13 — The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
  • Prov 16:27 — An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
  • Prov 16:27 — An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
  • Prov 16:30 — He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
  • Prov 17:4 — A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
  • Ps 52:2 — Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ps 59:7 — Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?
  • Titus 1:10 — For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision: