Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth, New Living Translation What are worthless and wicked people like? They are constant liars, English Standard Version A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, Berean Standard Bible A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, King James Bible A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. New King James Version A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth; New American Standard Bible A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse mouth, NASB 1995 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, NASB 1977 A worthless person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a false mouth, Legacy Standard Bible A vile person, a wicked man, Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth, Amplified Bible A worthless person, a wicked man, Is one who walks with a perverse (corrupt, vulgar) mouth. Christian Standard Bible A worthless person, a wicked man goes around speaking dishonestly, Holman Christian Standard Bible A worthless person, a wicked man goes around speaking dishonestly, American Standard Version A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; Contemporary English Version Worthless liars go around English Revised Version A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth; GOD'S WORD® Translation A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth. Good News Translation Worthless, wicked people go around telling lies. International Standard Version A worthless man, a wicked man, goes around with devious speech, Majority Standard Bible A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, NET Bible A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; New Heart English Bible A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth; Webster's Bible Translation A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. World English Bible A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth, Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, "" Walking [with] perverseness of mouth, Young's Literal Translation A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking with perverseness of mouth, Smith's Literal Translation A man of Belial, a man of iniquity, goes with perverseness of mouth. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth, Catholic Public Domain Version An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth; New American Bible Scoundrels, villains, are they who deal in crooked talk. New Revised Standard Version A scoundrel and a villain goes around with crooked speech, Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleA fool, a wicked man, is unscrupulous. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated A foolish evil man walks in rebellion. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917A base person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a froward mouth; Brenton Septuagint Translation A foolish man and a transgressor goes in ways that are not good. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Warnings Against Foolishness…11and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. 12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, 13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.… Cross References Matthew 12:34-35 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. / The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. James 3:8-10 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. / With the tongue we bless our Lord and Father, and with it we curse men, who have been made in God’s likeness. / Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be! Psalm 10:7 His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and violence; trouble and malice are under his tongue. Romans 3:13-14 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.” / “Their mouths are full of cursing and bitterness.” Matthew 15:18-19 But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man. / For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander. Psalm 36:3 The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing. Isaiah 59:3-4 For your hands are stained with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, and your tongue mutters injustice. / No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity. Ephesians 4:29 Let no unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building up the one in need and bringing grace to those who listen. Psalm 52:2-4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. / You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah / You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. Jeremiah 9:3-5 “They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD. / “Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander. / Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity. Colossians 3:8 But now you must put aside all such things as these: anger, rage, malice, slander, and filthy language from your lips. Psalm 140:3 They sharpen their tongues like snakes; the venom of vipers is on their lips. Selah 1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. Isaiah 32:6 For a fool speaks foolishness; his mind plots iniquity. He practices ungodliness and speaks falsely about the LORD; he leaves the hungry empty and deprives the thirsty of drink. 2 Timothy 3:2-5 For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, / traitorous, reckless, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God, ... Treasury of Scripture A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a fraudulent mouth. naughty Proverbs 11:6 The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness. Proverbs 17:4 A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. 1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said, Why camest thou down hither? and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride, and the naughtiness of thine heart; for thou art come down that thou mightest see the battle. walketh Proverbs 6:14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. Proverbs 2:12 To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things; Proverbs 4:24 Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. Jump to Previous Base Belial Causing Corrupt Crooked Evil-Doer Froward Goes Good-For-Nothing Iniquity Mouth Naughty Perverse Perverseness Scoundrel Speech Trouble Walketh Walking Walks Way Wicked Words Worthless WorthlessnessJump to Next Base Belial Causing Corrupt Crooked Evil-Doer Froward Goes Good-For-Nothing Iniquity Mouth Naughty Perverse Perverseness Scoundrel Speech Trouble Walketh Walking Walks Way Wicked Words Worthless WorthlessnessProverbs 6 1. against indebtedness6. idleness 12. and mischievousness 16. seven things detestable to God 20. the blessings of obedience 25. the mischief of unfaithfulness A worthless person The Hebrew word for "worthless" is "בְּלִיַּעַל" (belial), which conveys the idea of someone who is without value or purpose, often associated with wickedness and lawlessness. In the ancient Near Eastern context, a "worthless person" was someone who rejected the moral and social norms of the community, living in a way that was destructive both to themselves and to others. From a conservative Christian perspective, this phrase serves as a warning against living a life that is disconnected from God's purpose and righteousness. It calls believers to examine their own lives and ensure they are living in alignment with God's will, contributing positively to their communities. A wicked man Walks with a perverse mouth (12) A naughty person.--According to its original meaning, a "worthless" person, Heb. a man of Belial, Froward mouth.--Comp. Proverbs 4:24. Verses 12-19. - 11. Eleventh admonitory discourse. Warning against mischievousness as a thing hateful to God. The connection of this with the preceding discourse is not at first sight very clear, but it may be found in the fact, attested only too unhappily by experience, that sloth leads those who indulge in it to such vices as are next enumerated. The sluggard may develop into a treacherous and deceitful man, and even if such should not happen, the characteristics of the two are nearly allied, and their end is much the same. St. Paul, in his First Epistle to Timothy, observes this same combination of character, and remarks that idlers are "tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not" (see 1 Timothy 6:13). The intention of the discourse is obviously to dissuade all, and especially the young, from the vices, and to preserve them from the ruin, of those men of whom "the naughty person and wicked man" is the type. Verse 12. - A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. The teacher begins by stating in general terms the nature and character of the man whom he now holds up as a warning to others, and then proceeds to point out the various features in his conduct and behaviour by which he may be known. In concise terms he is described as "a naughty person, a wicked man." This is pre-eminently his character, and the first feature in it is that his life is one of wilful and injurious misreprescntation of the truth. A naughty person, a wicked man. In apposition and mutually explanatory. The grammatical arrangement of the sentences which follow, each of which is introduced by a participle, and is thus coordinate to the ethers, as well as the parallel terms, "person" (adam) and "man" (ish), determine this apposition. So Bertheau and Delitzsch. Others (as Zockler, Noyes, Kamph), however, connect the second expression with the series of characteristics which follow, and render, "A worthless person is a deceiver, who," etc., but wrongly. A naughty person (Hebrew, adam b'liyyaal); literally, a man of Belial; Vulgate, homo apostata; LXX., ἀνὴρ ἄφρων. The word "Belial" is derived from b'li, "without," and yaal, "profit" (i.e. "without profit"), or from b'li and ol, "yoke" (i.e. "without yoke"), and strictly signifies either a worthless or a lawless person. The latter derivation is, however, rejected by Gesenius and others. Its abstract signification is worthlessness, uselessness; its concrete or adjectival, worthless. The word "naughty" (Anglo-Saxon, naht, ne aht, "not anything," equivalent to "nothing"), in the sense of good-for-nothing, ne'er-do-well, adopted in the Authorized Version, exactly reproduces its strict etymological meaning. The word, however, always carries with it the idea of moral turpitude. In the present instance its meaning is determined by the appositional phrase, "a man of iniquity," or "a wicked man," and such iniquity as takes the form of mischief making, deceit, and sowing discord among brethren. The "man of Belial" is not therefore simply, as its etymological derivation would imply, a worthless individual, one who is of no use either to himself or to the community at large, but a positively wicked, iniquitous, and despicable character. The meaning of the word varies in other passages. Thus in Deuteronomy 13:13, where it first occurs, it is used to designate those who have fallen sway into idolatry, and induce others to follow their example. In this sense it corresponds with the Vulgate, apostata, as signifying a defection from the worship of the true God. Again, in 1 Samuel 1:16 it is applied to the profanation of sacred places. When Hannah is accused by Eli of drunkenness in God's house at Shiloh, she replies, "Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial." In the historical books (e.g. Judges, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Chronicles), where it is of frequent occurrence, it has the general meaning of "wickedness," under whatever form it appears. So in the Psalms (Psalm 18:4; Psalm 41:8; Psalm 101:3) and Nahum (Nahum 1:11, 15). In the Book of Job (Job 34:18, once only) it is used adjectively and as a term of reproach, "Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked [b'liyyaal; i.e. 'worthless']?" Individuals possessing the qualities of worthlessness, profanity, or wickedness are designated in Holy Scripture either as "sons," "children," "daughters," or "men of Belial." The word only occurs in two other passages in the Proverbs - Proverbs 16:27 and Proverbs 19:28. In the New Testament (2 Corinthians 6:15) the word "Belial" (Greek, βελίαρ or βελίαλ) appears as an appellative of Satan, ὁ πονηρὸς, "the evil one," as the representative of all that is bad, and as antichrist. A wicked man (Hebrew, ish aven); literally, a man of vanity or iniquity; Vulgate, vir inutilis; LXX., ἀνὴρ παράνομος. The radical idea of aven (from un, "nothing") is that of emptiness or vanity, and has much, therefore, in common with b'liyaal. Its secondary meaning, and that which it usually bears in Scripture, is iniquity. "A man of iniquity" is one who is altogether deficient in moral consciousness, and who goes about to work wickedness and do hurt and injury to others (cf. ver. 18 and Job 22:15). Walketh with a froward mouth. His first characteristic, as already observed. His whole life and conduct are marked by craftiness, deceit, perversion, and misrepresentation, and an utter want of truth. "Walking" is here, as elsewhere in Scripture, used of some particular course of conduct. So we find the LXX. paraphrase, πορεύεται ὁδοὺς οὐκ ἀγαθάς. "he enters or walks not in good ways." With a froward mouth (Hebrew, ik'shuth peh); literally, with perversity of mouth; Vulgate, ore perverse. Symmachus has στρεβλύμασι στόματος, "with perversity of mouth." The mouth, or speech, is the vehicle by which this person gives outward expression to the evil thoughts which are inwardly filling his heart. The phrase occurs before in Proverbs 4:24. The meaning of the passage is well illustrated in Psalm 10:7, "His mouth is full of misery, deceit, and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity."Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew A worthlessבְּ֭לִיַּעַל (bə·lî·ya·‘al) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 1100: Without profit, worthlessness, destruction, wickedness person, אָדָ֣ם (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being a wicked אָ֑וֶן (’ā·wen) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 205: Strictly nothingness, trouble, vanity, wickedness, an idol man, אִ֣ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person walks ה֝וֹלֵ֗ךְ (hō·w·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk with a perverse עִקְּשׁ֥וּת (‘iq·qə·šūṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 6143: Crookedness mouth, פֶּֽה׃ (peh) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to Links Proverbs 6:12 NIVProverbs 6:12 NLT Proverbs 6:12 ESV Proverbs 6:12 NASB Proverbs 6:12 KJV Proverbs 6:12 BibleApps.com Proverbs 6:12 Biblia Paralela Proverbs 6:12 Chinese Bible Proverbs 6:12 French Bible Proverbs 6:12 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Proverbs 6:12 A worthless person a man of iniquity (Prov. 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