Bible verse
A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 6:12 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 6.
8 it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest.
9 How long will you lie there, O slacker? When will you get up from your sleep?
10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest,
11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
14 With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
KJV
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
ASV
A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
ERV
A worthless person, a man of iniquity; he walketh with a froward mouth;
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