For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.
Proverbs 6:12 - Tree of Life Version A scoundrel, a wicked man, is one who goes around with a perverse mouth, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 A naughty person, a wicked man, Walketh with a froward mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A worthless person, a wicked man, is he who goes about with a perverse (contrary, wayward) mouth. American Standard Version (1901) A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; Common English Bible Worthless people and guilty people go around with crooked talk. Catholic Public Domain Version An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth, |
For the wicked one boasts about his soul’s desire. The greedy one curses, reviling Adonai.
His mouth is full of cursing, lies and oppression. On his tongue are trouble and iniquity.
No base thing will I set before my eyes. Twisted behavior I hate— it will not cling to me.
For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to notice his iniquity —or hate it.
They return at evening, snarling like a dog, prowling about the city.
The lips of the righteous know what is pleasing, but the mouth of the wicked is perverse.
The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are trapped by their desire.
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and on his lips is a scorching fire.
One who winks his eyes schemes deceit, one who purses his lips is bent on evil.
An evildoer listens to wicked lips; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.
to deliver you from the way of evil, from those speaking perverse things,
For the devious are detestable to Adonai, but He takes the upright into His confidence.
Put away perversity from your mouth, and keep devious lips far from you.
who continually plots evil with deceit in his heart stirring up strife.
To fear Adonai is to hate evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil behavior and a perverse mouth.
One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first ripe, but the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
You brood of vipers! How can you who are evil say anything good? For from the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
Even from among yourselves will arise men speaking perversions, to draw the disciples away after themselves.
And at the same time, they also learn to be idle, going around from house to house—and not just idle, but also gossipers and busybodies, saying things they should not.
So put away all moral filth and excess of evil and receive with humility the implanted word, which is able to save your souls.
And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.
Now when Eliab his oldest brother heard him speaking to the men, Eliab’s anger was kindled against David. “Why have you come down here?” he asked. “So with whom did you leave those few sheep in the wilderness? I know your insolence and the wickedness of your heart! For you’ve come down here to watch the battle.”