Proverbs 6:12
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”Proverbs 6:12
What Does Proverbs 6:12 Mean?
Proverbs 6:12 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 12 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 6:12 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Proverbs 4:24“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.”Proverbs 8:13“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”Micah 2:1“Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.”Matthew 12:34“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.”Matthew 15:18“But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.”Proverbs 16:27“An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.”1 Timothy 5:13“And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.”Psalms 52:2“Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.”Psalms 59:7“Behold, they belch out with their mouth: swords are in their lips: for who, say they, doth hear?”Proverbs 5:6“Lest thou shouldest ponder the path of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them.”Proverbs 16:30“He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.”Proverbs 17:4“A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.”Acts 20:30“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”Titus 1:10“For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:”Psalms 10:3“For the wicked boasteth of his heart’s desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the LORD abhorreth.”Psalms 10:7“His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.”Psalms 10:8“He sitteth in the lurking places of the villages: in the secret places doth he murder the innocent: his eyes are privily set against the poor.”Psalms 36:3“The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.”Psalms 73:8“They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.”Proverbs 2:12“To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;”
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