Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth;
New American Standard Bible
Is the one who walks with a
King James Version
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
Holman Bible
goes around speaking dishonestly,
International Standard Version
A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech,
A Conservative Version
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
American Standard Version
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
Amplified
A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth.
Bible in Basic English
A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words;
Darby Translation
A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth;
Julia Smith Translation
A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness of mouth.
King James 2000
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with {deceitful speech}.
Modern King James verseion
A worthless person, a wicked man walks with a crooked mouth,
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
An ungodly person, a wicked man goeth with a froward mouth,
NET Bible
A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
New Heart English Bible
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
Webster
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
World English Bible
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
Youngs Literal Translation
A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth,
Interlinear
References
Easton
Hastings
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 6:12
Verse Info
Context Readings
Against Worthlessness
11 So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield. 12 An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of mouth; 13 Winketh with his eyes, speaketh with his foot, pointeth with his fingers;
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 4:24
Remove from thee, perverseness of mouth, and, craftiness of lips, put far from thee.
1 Samuel 17:28
Now Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men, - then was kindled the anger of Eliab against David, and he said - Wherefore is it that thou hast come down? and to whom hast thou entrusted those few sheep in the wilderness? I, know thy pride, and the foolishness of thy heart, for, to see the battle, hast thou come down.
Psalm 10:3
For the lawless one hath boasted over the longing of his soul, and, the robber, hath blasphemed Yahweh.
Psalm 10:7
With cursing, his mouth is full, and with deceptions and oppression, Under his tongue, are trouble and mischief:
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:
Psalm 52:2-4
Engulfing ruin, doth thy tongue devise, Like a whetted razor, working deceit;
Psalm 59:7
Lo! they belch forth with their mouth, Swords, are in their lips, For say they , Who doth hear?
Psalm 73:8-9
They mock, and wickedly command oppression, From on high, they command;
Proverbs 2:12
To rescue thee from the way of the wrongful, from the man that speaketh perverse things;
Proverbs 6:14
Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
Proverbs 8:13
The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.
Proverbs 11:6
The righteousness of the upright, shall deliver them, but, by their own craving, shall the treacherous be captured.
Proverbs 16:27
An abandoned man, diggeth up mischief, - and, upon his lips, as it were a fire is scorching.
Proverbs 17:4
Discord, giveth heed to the aggrieving lip, - Falsehood, giveth ear to the destroying tongue.
Jeremiah 24:2
the one basket, was of very good figs, like the first-ripe figs; and, the other basket, was of very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
And like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, Surely thus, saith Yahweh - so, will I deliver up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem that remain in this land, and them who are dwelling in the land of Egypt;
Matthew 12:34
Broods of vipers! How can ye speak, good things, being, evil? For, out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Acts 20:30
and, from among your own selves, will arise men speaking distorted things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.
1 Timothy 5:13
At the same time, to be idlers, are they learning, going about from house to house; and, not only idlers, but, gossips, also, and, busybodies, - saying the things they ought not,
Titus 1:10-11
For there are many unruly men, vain talkers and deceivers, especially they of the circumcision, -
James 1:21
Wherefore, putting away all filthiness and overflow of baseness, in meekness, welcome ye the word fitted for inward growth, which is able to save your souls:
James 3:6
And, the tongue, is a fire, - as , the world of unrighteousness, the tongue, becometh fixed among our members, that which defileth the whole body and setteth on fire the wheel of our natural life, and is set on fire, by gehenna!