Proverbs 6:12
A Godless person is a man of injustice, who walketh with a distorted mouth.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
In Context
11But then will thy poverty come like a rover, and thy want as a man armed with a shield.
13He blinketh with his eyes, he scrapeth with his feet, he pointeth with his fingers;
Cross References
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasteth of the longing of his soul, and the robber blesseth himself when he hath despised the Lord.
Psalms 36:3(36:4) The words of his mouth are wickedness and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, to do good.
Psalms 59:7(59:8) Behold, they sputter with their mouth: swords are in their lips; for who, [say they,] doth hear?
Psalms 101:3I will not set before my eyes a godless thing; to commit a departure [from righteousness] do I hate; it shall not cleave to me.
Proverbs 3:32For the froward is an abomination to the Lord; but with the upright is his good-will.
Proverbs 6:14Perverseness is in his heart, he contriveth evil at all times; he scattereth abroad 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 →