Proverbs 6:12

A worthless, wicked person is marked by deceitful, crooked speech. Corrupt character shows itself in a perverse mouth.

Cross-references · 22

• Matt 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
• 1 Tim 5:13At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
• Prov 4:24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
• Prov 16:27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
• Ps 52:2–4Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Ps 59:7See what they spew from their mouths—sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
• Acts 20:30Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
• Titus 1:10–11For many are rebellious and full of empty talk and deception, especially those of the circumcision,
• Prov 17:4A wicked man listens to evil lips; a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
• Prov 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• Prov 2:12to deliver you from the way of evil, from the man who speaks perversity,
• Ps 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Prov 6:14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
• Jas 3:6The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
• Ps 10:3For the wicked man boasts in the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the LORD.
• Ps 73:8–9They mock and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
• Prov 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the faithless are trapped by their own desires.
• Ps 10:7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue.
• Jer 24:8–10But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
• 1 Sam 17:28Now when David’s oldest brother Eliab heard him speaking to the men, his anger burned against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your pride and wickedness of heart—you have come down to see the battle!”
• Jer 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early, but the other basket contained very poor figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
• Jas 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and every expression of evil, and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save your souls.

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