Proverbs 6:12

God's Word

A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth.

Cross References

Psalm 10:3

The wicked person boasts about his selfish desires. He blesses robbers, but he curses the Lord.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of cursing, deception, and oppression. Trouble and wrongdoing are on the tip of his tongue.

Psalm 101:3

I will not put anything wicked in front of my eyes. I hate what unfaithful people do. I want no part of it.

Psalm 36:3

The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.

Psalm 59:7

See what pours out of their mouths— swords from their lips! ⌞They think,⌟ “Who will hear us?”

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of a righteous person announce good will, but the mouths of wicked people are devious.

Proverbs 11:6

Decent people are saved by their righteousness, but treacherous people are trapped by their own greed.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless person plots trouble, and his speech is like a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work.

Proverbs 17:4

An evildoer pays attention to wicked lips. A liar opens his ears to a slanderous tongue.

Proverbs 2:12

⌞Wisdom will⌟ save you from the way of evil, from the person who speaks devious things,

Proverbs 3:32

The devious person is disgusting to the Lord. The Lord’s intimate advice is with decent people.

Proverbs 4:24

Remove dishonesty from your mouth. Put deceptive speech far away from your lips.

Proverbs 6:14

He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, evil behavior, and twisted speech.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, like figs that ripen first. The other basket had very bad figs. These figs were so bad that they couldn’t be eaten.

Matthew 12:34

You poisonous snakes! How can you evil people say anything good? Your mouth says what comes from inside you.

Acts 20:30

Some of your own men will come forward and say things that distort the truth. They will do this to lure disciples into following them.

1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time, they learn to go around from house to house since they have nothing else to do. Not only this, but they also gossip and get involved in other people’s business, saying things they shouldn’t say.

James 1:21

So get rid of all immoral behavior and all the wicked things you do. Humbly accept the word that God has placed in you. This word can save you.

James 3:6

The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell.

1 Samuel 17:28

Eliab, David’s oldest brother, heard David talking to the men. Then Eliab became angry with David. “Why did you come here,” he asked him, “and with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know how overconfident and headstrong you are. You came here just to see the battle.”