Proverbs 6:12

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Summary

Proverbs 6:12

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

Naughty

James 1:21

Walketh

General references

Matthew 15:18

Bible References

Naughty

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their evil desires.

Whoever practices evil pays attention to wicked speech, and the liar listens to malicious talk.

Eliab his oldest brother heard him talking to the men. Eliab was angry with David and said, "Why did you come down here? And who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your insolence and wicked intentions. You came down just to see the battle!"

One basket contained very good figs like the first figs that ripen on the tree. The other basket contained very bad figs that were too bad to be eaten.

Therefore, rid yourselves of everything impure and every expression of wickedness, and with a gentle spirit welcome the word planted in you that can save your souls.

Walketh

planning evil with a perverse mind, continually stirring up discord.

delivering you from the way of evil, from men who speak perverse things,

Never talk deceptively and don't keep company with people whose speech is corrupt.

The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. Pride, arrogance, an evil lifestyle, and perverted speech I despise.

For the wicked one boasts about his own desire; he blesses the greedy and despises the LORD.

The words from his mouth are vain and deceptive. He has abandoned behaving wisely and doing good.

Your tongue, like a sharp razor, devises wicked things and crafts treachery.

Look what pours out of their mouths! They use their lips like swords, saying "Who will hear us?"

In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

You children of serpents! How can you say anything good when you are evil? The mouth speaks about what overflows from the heart.

Indeed, some of your own men will arise and distort the truth in order to lure the disciples into following them.

At the same time, they also learn how to be lazy while going from house to house. Not only this, but they even become gossips and keep busy by interfering in other people's lives, saying things they should not say.

For there are many people who are rebellious, especially those who are converts from Judaism. They speak utter nonsense and deceive people.

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. Placed among the parts of our bodies, the tongue contaminates the whole body and sets on fire the course of life, and is itself set on fire by hell.

General references

But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and it is those things that make a person unclean.