Parallel Verses
Julia Smith Translation
A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness 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;
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;
The Emphasized Bible
An abandoned man, a man of iniquity, is he who - goeth on in perversity of 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 And thy poverty came as he going, and thy want as a man of the shield. 12 A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness of mouth. 13 Pinching the eyes, speaking with the feet, teaching with his fingers;
Names
Cross References
Proverbs 4:24
Turn away from thee perverseness of mouth, and frowardness of lips remove far oft from thee.
1 Samuel 17:28
And Eliab his brother the great, will hear in his speaking to the men, and Eliab's anger will kindle against David, and he will say, Why this camest thou down? and upon whom didst thou cast those few sheep in the desert? I knew thy pride and the evil of thy heart, for in order to see the battle thou camest down.
Psalm 10:3
For the unjust boasted upon the desire of his soul, and he blessed him plundering, despising Jehovah.
Psalm 10:7
His mouth was filled with cursing and deceit and violence: under his tongue, trouble and vanity.
Psalm 36:3
The words of his mouth vanity and deceit: he ceased to be circumspect, to do good.
Psalm 52:2-4
Thy tongue will purpose mischief as a razor being sharpened, working deceit.
Psalm 59:7
Behold, they will gush out with their mouth: swords in their lips: for who heard?
Psalm 73:8-9
They will mock and speak in evil of oppression: they will speak from elevation.
Proverbs 2:12
To deliver thee from the evil way, from the man speaking deceit;
Proverbs 6:14
Perverseness in his heart, fabricating evil in all time, he will send forth strifes.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of Jehovah hates evil: pride and haughtiness, and the evil way, and the mouth of perverseness I hated.
Proverbs 11:6
The justice of the upright shall deliver them, and transgressors shall be taken in their mischief.
Proverbs 16:27
A man of Belial dug up evil, and upon his lips, as a burning fire.
Proverbs 17:4
He doing evil attends upon, lips of vanity; he lying feeds upon a tongue of mischief
Jeremiah 24:2
One basket of figs exceedingly good as the figs first ripe, and the one basket of figs exceedingly evil, which shall not be eaten from being evil.
Jeremiah 24:8-10
And as the evil figs which shall not be eaten from being evil; for thus said Jehovah, So will I give Zedekiah king of Judah, and his chiefs, and the remainder of Jerusalem, those remaining in this land, and those dwelling in the land of Egypt:
Matthew 12:34
O generation of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart the month speaks.
Acts 20:30
And of yourselves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to tear away disciples after them.
1 Timothy 5:13
And at the same time also they learn to be idle, going round about the houses; and not only idle, but also indulging in idle talk, and occupied with unnecessary things, speaking things not becoming.
Titus 1:10-11
For many also are disorderly, vain talkers and infatuates, especially they of the circumcision:
James 1:21
Wherefore having put away all sordid avarice, and excess of wickedness, in meekness receive the implanted word, able to save your souls.
James 3:6
(And the tongue a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is placed in our members, defiling the whole body, and burning the wheel of creation; and burned by hell.