Proverbs 6:12

New International Version

A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

Cross References

Psalm 10:3

He boasts about the cravings of his heart; he blesses the greedy and reviles the Lord.

Psalm 10:7

His mouth is full of lies and threats; trouble and evil are under his tongue.

Psalm 101:3

I will not look with approval on anything that is vile. I hate what faithless people do; I will have no part in it.

Psalm 36:3

The words of their mouths are wicked and deceitful; they fail to act wisely or do good.

Psalm 59:7

See what they spew from their mouths— the words from their lips are sharp as swords, and they think, “Who can hear us?”

Proverbs 10:32

The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.

Proverbs 16:27

A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Proverbs 2:12

Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

Proverbs 3:32

For the Lord detests the perverse but takes the upright into his confidence.

Proverbs 4:24

Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

Proverbs 6:14

who plots evil with deceit in his heart— he always stirs up conflict.

Proverbs 8:13

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

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket had very good figs, like those that ripen early; the other basket had very bad figs, so bad they could not be eaten.

Matthew 12:34

You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.

Acts 20:30

Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples after them.

1 Timothy 5:13

Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies who talk nonsense, saying things they ought not to.

James 1:21

Therefore, 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.

James 3:6

The tongue also is a fire, a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body, sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 17:28

When 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.”