Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
In Context
11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
Cross References
Psalms 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
Psalms 101:3I will set no worthless thing before my eyes. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.
Proverbs 3:32for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
Proverbs 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows 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 →