Proverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
In Context
11So shall your poverty come as one that travels, and your lack as an armed man.
13He winks with his eyes, he speaks with his feet, he teaches with his fingers;
Cross References
Psalms 10:3For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and blesses the covetous, whom the LORD detests.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has left off to be wise, and to do good.
Psalms 59:7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, does hear?
Psalms 101:3I will set no wicked thing before mine eyes: I hate the work of them that turn aside; it shall not cleave to me.
Proverbs 3:32For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Proverbs 6:14Perverseness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he 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 →