Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
BSB
ASV
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
KJV
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
The third and worst mode of breaking a vow occurs through apostatic rebellion, as when a man apostatizes from religious life. The first mode of breaking a vow is evil, the second worse, the third worst, because it is said: "An apostate man is a …
A naughty person - אדם בליעל adam beliyal, “Adam good for nothing.” When he lost his innocence. A man apostata; Old MS. Bible. A wicked man - איש און 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 unto sin.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Matthew 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.
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The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow…
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen.
As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness proceeds from the wicked.’ But my hand will never be against you.
In the same way, the tongue is a small part of the body, but it boasts of great things. Consider how small a spark sets a great forest ablaze.
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Proverbs 4:24Put away deception from your mouth; keep your lips from perverse speech.
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If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
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Psalms 59:7See what they spew from their mouths— sharp words from their lips: “For who can hear us?”
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My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts— with men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.
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