Proverbs 6:12
¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
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- Matthew 12:34Rank 1 from verse 12
- 1 Timothy 5:13Rank 2 from verse 12
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.
13And withall they learne to bee idle, wandering about from house to house; and not onely idle, but tatlers also, and busibodies, speaking things which they ought not.
- Proverbs 16:27Rank 3 from verse 12
- Proverbs 4:24Rank 4 from verse 12
- Psalms 52:2–4Rank 5 from verse 12
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.
2Thy tongue deuiseth mischiefes: like a sharpe rasor, working deceitfully.
3Thou louest euill more then good; and lying rather then to speake righteousnesse. Selah.
4‖Thou louest all deuouring words, O thou deceitfull tongue.
- Psalms 59:7Rank 6 from verse 12
- Acts 20:30Rank 7 from verse 12
- Proverbs 17:4Rank 8 from verse 12
- Proverbs 8:13Rank 9 from verse 12
- Titus 1:10–11Rank 10 from verse 12
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.
10For there are many vnruly and vaine talkers and deceiuers, specially they of the circumcision:
11Whose mouthes must be stopped, who subuert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthie lucres sake.
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.
6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquitie: so is the tongue amongst our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
- Proverbs 11:6Rank 12 from verse 12
- Proverbs 2:12Rank 13 from verse 12
- Proverbs 6:14Rank 14 from verse 12
- Psalms 10:3Rank 15 from verse 12
- Psalms 10:7Rank 16 from verse 12
- Psalms 36:3Rank 17 from verse 12
- Psalms 73:8–9Rank 18 from verse 12
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.
8They are corrupt, and speake wickedly concerning oppression: they speake loftily.
9They set their mouth against the heauens; and their tongue walketh through the earth.
- 1 Samuel 17:28Rank 19 from verse 12
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.
28¶ And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake vnto the men, and Eliabs anger was kindled against Dauid, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheepe in the wildernesse? I know thy pride, and the naughtinesse of thine heart; for thou art come downe, that thou mightest see the battell.
- James 1:21Rank 20 from verse 12
21Wherefore lay apart all filthiness and superfluity of naughtiness, and receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.
21Wherefore lay apart all filthinesse, and superfluitie of naughtinesse, & receiue with meeknesse the engrafted word, which is able to saue your soules.
- Jeremiah 24:2Rank 21 from verse 12
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.
2†One basket had very good figges, euen like the figges that are first ripe: and the other basket had very naughty figges, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
- Jeremiah 24:8–10Rank 22 from verse 12
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.
8¶ *And as the euill figges which cannot be eaten, they are so euill; (Surely thus saith the LORD) so will I giue Zedekiah the king of Iudah, and his princes, and the residue of Ierusalem, that remaine in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt.
9†*And I will deliuer them to be remoued into all the kingdomes of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproch and a prouerbe, a taunt and a curse in all places whither I shall driue them.
10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, till they be consumed from off the land, that I gaue vnto them, and to their fathers.
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Proverbs 6:12
1. Morally bad or wicked. 2. Of things, bad, corrupt, or unfit for use.
Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893
1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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1. Perverse or turned aside from what is right. 2. Contrary or opposed in conduct or response.
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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.
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11So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
11So shall thy pouertie come as one that trauaileth, and thy want as an armed man.
12¶ A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
12¶ A naughtie person, a wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
Selected passage13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
13He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feete, hee teacheth with his fingers.