Proverbs 6:12

A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

11And want shall come upon thee, as a traveller, and poverty as a man armed. But if thou be diligent, thy harvest shall come as a fountain, and want shall flee far from thee.

13He winketh with the eyes, presseth with the foot, speaketh with the finger.

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Cross References

Psalms 10:3For, lo, the wicked have bent their bow: they have prepared their arrows in the quiver, to shoot in the dark the upright of heart.

Psalms 36:3Trust in the Lord, and do good, and dwell in the land, and thou shalt be fed with its riches.

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

Psalms 101:3Turn not away thy face from me: in the day when I am in trouble, incline thy ear to me. In what day soever I shall call upon thee, hear me speedily.

Proverbs 3:32For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

Proverbs 6:14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

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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