Proverbs 6:12

An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

11and then destitution will meet with you, like a traveler, and poverty, like an armed man. Yet truly, if you would be diligent, then your harvest will arrive like a fountain, and destitution will flee far from you.

13he winks with the eyes, touches with the foot, speaks with the finger.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:3For behold, the sinners have bent their bow. They have prepared their arrows in the quiver, so as to shoot arrows in the dark at the upright of heart.

Psalms 36:3Hope in the Lord and do good, and dwell in the land, and so you shall be pastured with its riches.

Psalms 59:7Save me with your right hand, and hear me.

Psalms 101:3Do not turn your face away from me. In whatever day that I am in trouble, incline your ear to me. In whatever day that I will call upon you, heed me quickly.

Proverbs 3:32For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.

Proverbs 6:14With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:7-12

Slothfulness Reproved. 6 Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: 7 Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, 8 Provideth her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. 9 How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? 10 Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: 11 So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man. Solomon, in these verses, addresses himself to the sluggard who loves… Read the whole commentary →

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