Proverbs 6:14 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁴ with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; He soweth discord.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ Willful and contrary in his heart, he devises trouble, vexation, and evil continually; he lets loose discord and sows it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

Common English Bible

¹⁴ Their hearts are corrupt and determined to do evil; they create controversies all the time.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ With a depraved heart he devises evil, and at all times he sows conflict.

Proverbs 6:14 Cross References

Micah 2:1

Woe to those who devise wickedness and evil deeds on their beds! When the morning dawns, they perform it, because it is in their power.

Romans 16:17

I urge you, brothers and sisters, to keep an eye on those who create dissensions and hindrances, in opposition to the teaching that you have learned; avoid them.

Hosea 8:7

For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. The standing grain has no heads; it shall yield no meal; if it were to yield, foreigners would devour it.

Ezekiel 11:2

He said to me, “Mortal, these are the men who devise iniquity and who give wicked counsel in this city;

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the tossing sea that cannot keep still; its waters toss up mire and mud.

Isaiah 32:7

The villainies of villains are evil; they devise wicked devices to ruin the poor with lying words, even when the plea of the needy is right.

Proverbs 22:8

Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of anger will fail.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.

Proverbs 3:29

Do not plan harm against your neighbor who lives trustingly beside you.

Proverbs 2:14

who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil,

Psalm 36:4

They plot mischief while on their beds; they are set on a way that is not good; they do not reject evil.

Psalm 140:2

who plan evil things in their minds and stir up wars continually.

Proverbs 16:27

Scoundrels concoct evil, and their speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 17:20

The crooked of mind do not prosper, and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.

Proverbs 24:8

Whoever plans to do evil will be called a mischief-maker.

Psalm 140:3

They make their tongue sharp as a snake’s, and under their lips is the venom of vipers. Selah

Proverbs 3:32

for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

Proverbs 14:22

Do not those who plan evil err? Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.