New International Version
Proverbs 6:12
12A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
Proverbs 6:12 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
- New King James Version (NKJV)A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;
- New Living Translation (NLT)What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars,
Context of Proverbs 6:12
10A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest— 11and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man. A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, 13who winks maliciously with his eye, signals with his feet and motions with his fingers, 14who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
Read all of Proverbs 6Proverbs 6:12 word by word
אָדָ֣ם בְּ֭לִיַּעַל אִ֣ישׁ אָ֑וֶן ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ עִקְּשׁ֥וּת פֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 6:12
- Proverbs 11:6The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
- Proverbs 17:4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.
- 1 Samuel 17:28When Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he burned with anger at him and asked, “Why have you come down here? And with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how conceited you are and how wicked your heart is; you came down only to watch the battle.”
- Jeremiah 24:2One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.
- James 1:21Therefore, get rid of all moral filth and the evil that is so prevalent and humbly accept the word planted in you, which can save you.
- Proverbs 6:14who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.
- Proverbs 2:12Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,
- Proverbs 4:24Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
- Proverbs 8:13To fear the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and perverse speech.
- Psalms 10:3He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.
- Psalms 36:3The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.
- Psalms 52:2You who practice deceit, your tongue plots destruction; it is like a sharpened razor.
- Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think, “Who can hear us?”
- Psalms 73:8They scoff, and speak with malice; with arrogance they threaten oppression.
- Matthew 12:34You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
- Acts 20:30Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.
Commentaries on Proverbs 6:12
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12A naughty person - בליעל אדם adam beliyal, "Adam good for nothing." When he lost his innocence. A man apostata; Old MS. Bible. A wicked man - און איש ish aven . He soon became a general transgressor after having departed from his God. All his posterity, unless restored by Divine grace, are men of Belial, and sinners by trade; and most of them, in one form or other, answer the character here given. They yield their members instruments of unrighteousness…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12A naughty person - literally, “a man of Belial,” i. e., a worthless man (see the Deuteronomy 13:13 note). This is the portrait of the man who is not to be trusted, whose look and gestures warn against him all who can observe. His speech is tortuous and crafty; his wink tells the accomplice that the victim is already snared; his gestures with foot and hand are half in deceit, and half in mockery.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God hates, we must hate in…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-15Eyes...feet...fingers...heart: These body parts describe a person's overall character, not just a single foolish act.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1212. A naughty person--literally, "A man of Belial," or of worthlessness, that is, for good, and so depraved, or wicked (compare 1Sa 25:25; 30:22, &c.). Idleness and vice are allied. Though indolent in acts, he actively and habitually (walketh) is ill-natured in speech (Pr 4:24).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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