Proverbs 6:12
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking [with] perverseness of mouth,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
In Context
11And thy poverty hath come as a traveller, And thy want as an armed man.
13Winking with his eyes, speaking with his feet, Directing with his fingers,
Cross References
Psalms 10:3Because the wicked hath boasted Of the desire of his soul, And a dishonest gainer he hath blessed, He hath despised Jehovah.
Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth [are] iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently — to do good.
Psalms 59:7Lo, they belch out with their mouths, Swords [are] in their lips, for 'Who heareth?'
Psalms 101:3I set not before mine eyes a worthless thing, The work of those turning aside I have hated, It adhereth not to me.
Proverbs 3:32For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
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 →