Proverbs 6:12

New American Bible - revised edition

Scoundrels, villains, are they who deal in crooked talk.

Cross References

Psalm 10:3

The wicked even boast of their greed; these robbers curse and scorn the Lord.

Psalm 10:7

Their mouths are full of oaths, violence, and lies; discord and evil are under their tongues.

Psalm 101:3

I do not allow into my presence anything base. I hate wrongdoing; I will have no part of it.

Psalm 36:3

For he lives with the delusion: his guilt will not be known and hated.

Psalm 59:7

Each evening they return, growling like dogs, prowling the city.

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the just know favor, but the mouth of the wicked, perversion.

Proverbs 11:6

The justice of the upright saves them, but the faithless are caught in their own intrigue.

Proverbs 16:27

Scoundrels are a furnace of evil, and their lips are like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks an eye plans perversity; whoever purses the lips does evil.

Proverbs 17:4

The evildoer gives heed to wicked lips, the liar, to a mischievous tongue.

Proverbs 2:12

Saving you from the way of the wicked, from those whose speech is perverse.

Proverbs 3:32

To the Lord the devious are an abomination, but the upright are close to him.

Proverbs 4:24

Dishonest mouth put away from you, deceitful lips put far from you.

Proverbs 6:14

They have perversity in their hearts, always plotting evil, sowing discord.

Proverbs 8:13

[The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil;] Pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth I hate.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket contained excellent figs, those that ripen early. But the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you say good things when you are evil? For from the fullness of the heart the mouth speaks.

Acts 20:30

And from your own group, men will come forward perverting the truth to draw the disciples away after them.

1 Timothy 5:13

And furthermore, they learn to be idlers, going about from house to house, and not only idlers but gossips and busybodies as well, talking about things that ought not to be mentioned.

James 1:21

Therefore, put away all filth and evil excess and humbly welcome the word that has been planted in you and is able to save your souls.

James 3:6

The tongue is also a fire. It exists among our members as a world of malice, defiling the whole body and setting the entire course of our lives on fire, itself set on fire by Gehenna.

1 Samuel 17:28

When Eliab, his oldest brother, heard him speaking with the men, he grew angry with David and said: “Why did you come down? With whom have you left those sheep in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and dishonest heart. You came down to enjoy the battle!”