Proverbs 6:12
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, || Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
In Context
11And your poverty has come as a traveler, || And your want as an armed man.
13Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, || Directing with his fingers,
Cross References
Psalms 10:3Because the wicked has boasted || Of the desire of his soul, || And he has blessed a dishonest gainer, || He has despised YHWH.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, || He ceased to act prudently—to do good.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouths, || Swords [are] in their lips, for “Who hears?”
Psalms 101:3I do not set a worthless thing before my eyes, || I have hated the work of those turning aside, || It does not adhere to me.
Proverbs 3:32For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.
Proverbs 6:14Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, || He sends forth contentions.
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 →