Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Walketh
General references
Bible References
Naughty
Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
The righteousness of the upright will rescue them,
But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.
Proverbs 17:4
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.
1 Samuel 17:28
Now Eliab his oldest brother heard what he said to the men; and Eliab’s anger burned against David and he said, “Why have you come down here? With whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your presumption (overconfidence) and the evil of your heart; for you have come down in order to see the battle.”
Jeremiah 24:2
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are the first to ripen; but the other basket had very bad figs, so rotten that they could not be eaten.
James 1:21
So get rid of all uncleanness and all that remains of wickedness, and with a humble spirit receive the word [of God] which is implanted [actually rooted in your heart], which is able to save your souls.
Walketh
Proverbs 6:14
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually;
Who spreads discord and strife.
Proverbs 2:12
To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
To keep you from the way of evil and the evil man,
From the man who speaks perverse things;
Proverbs 4:24
Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth,
And put devious lips far from you.
Put away from you a deceitful (lying, misleading) mouth,
And put devious lips far from you.
Proverbs 8:13
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
“The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the Lord includes the hatred of evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way,
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
Psalm 10:3
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
For the wicked boasts and sings the praises of his heart’s desire,
And the greedy man curses and spurns [and even despises] the Lord.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful;
He has ceased to be wise and to do good.
Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Psalm 59:7
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Look how they belch out [insults] with their mouths;
Swords [of sarcasm, ridicule, slander, and lies] are in their lips,
For they say, “Who hears us?”
Psalm 73:8
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].
They mock and wickedly speak of oppression;
They speak loftily [with malice].
Matthew 12:34 You brood of vipers, how can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks out of that which fills the heart.
Acts 20:30
even from among your own selves men will arise, speaking perverse and distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves [as their followers].
1 Timothy 5:13
Now at the same time, they also learn to be idle as they go from house to house; and not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies [meddlers in things that do not concern them], talking about things they should not mention.
Titus 1:10
For there are many rebellious men who are empty talkers [just windbags] and deceivers; especially those of the circumcision [those Jews who insist that Gentile believers must be circumcised and keep the Law in order to be saved].
James 3:6
And the tongue is [in a sense] a fire, the very world of injustice and unrighteousness; the tongue is set among our members as that which contaminates the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life [the cycle of man’s existence], and is itself set on fire by hell (Gehenna).
General references
Matthew 15:18 But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.