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Proverbs 6:12

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¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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  1. Matthew 12:34Rank 1 from verse 12
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    34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

  2. 1 Timothy 5:13Rank 2 from verse 12
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    13And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

  3. Proverbs 16:27Rank 3 from verse 12
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    27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

  4. Proverbs 4:24Rank 4 from verse 12
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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.

  5. Psalms 52:2–4Rank 5 from verse 12
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    2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

    3Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah.

    4Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  6. Psalms 59:7Rank 6 from verse 12
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    7Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?

  7. Acts 20:30Rank 7 from verse 12
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    30Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.

  8. Proverbs 17:4Rank 8 from verse 12
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    4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  9. Proverbs 8:13Rank 9 from verse 12
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    13The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

  10. Titus 1:10–11Rank 10 from verse 12
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    10For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:

    11Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre’s sake.

  11. James 3:6Rank 11 from verse 12
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    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

  12. Proverbs 11:6Rank 12 from verse 12
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    6The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

  13. Proverbs 2:12Rank 13 from verse 12
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    12To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;

  14. Proverbs 6:14Rank 14 from verse 12
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    14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  15. Psalms 10:3Rank 15 from verse 12
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    3For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.

  16. Psalms 10:7Rank 16 from verse 12
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  17. Psalms 36:3Rank 17 from verse 12
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

  18. Psalms 73:8–9Rank 18 from verse 12
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    8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.

    9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.

  19. 1 Samuel 17:28Rank 19 from verse 12
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    28¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab’s anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle.

  20. James 1:21Rank 20 from verse 12
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    21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

  21. Jeremiah 24:2Rank 21 from verse 12
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    2One basket had very good figs, even like the figs that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.

  22. Jeremiah 24:8–10Rank 22 from verse 12
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    8¶ And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the Lord, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:

    9And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.

    10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

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Proverbs 6:12

COMBINED MEANING

naughty

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1. Morally bad or wicked. 2. Of things, bad, corrupt, or unfit for use.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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froward

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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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6:12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

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6:13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

6:15Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.

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