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Proverbs 6

Prov. 6:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A naughty
bliya`al (Hebrew #1100)
without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness (often in connection with 376, 802, 1121, etc.)
KJV usage: Belial, evil, naughty, ungodly (men), wicked.
Pronounce: bel-e-yah'-al
Origin: from 1097 and 3276
person
'adam (Hebrew #120)
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
KJV usage: X another, + hypocrite, + common sort, X low, man (mean, of low degree), person.
Pronounce: aw-dawm'
Origin: from 119
, a wicked
'aven (Hebrew #205)
strictly nothingness; also trouble. vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
KJV usage: affliction, evil, false, idol, iniquity, mischief, mourners(-ing), naught, sorrow, unjust, unrighteous, vain ,vanity, wicked(-ness). Compare 369.
Pronounce: aw-ven'
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning properly, to pant (hence, to exert oneself, usually in vain; to come to naught)
man
'iysh (Hebrew #376)
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, + champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-)man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), + none, one, people, person, + steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.
Pronounce: eesh
Origin: contracted for 582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant)
, walketh
halak (Hebrew #1980)
a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: (all) along, apace, behave (self), come, (on) continually, be conversant, depart, + be eased, enter, exercise (self), + follow, forth, forward, get, go (about, abroad, along, away, forward, on, out, up and down), + greater, grow, be wont to haunt, lead, march, X more and more, move (self), needs, on, pass (away), be at the point, quite, run (along), + send, speedily, spread, still, surely, + tale-bearer, + travel(-ler), walk (abroad, on, to and fro, up and down, to places), wander, wax, (way-)faring man, X be weak, whirl.
Pronounce: haw-lak'
Origin: akin to 3212
with a froward
`iqqshuwth (Hebrew #6143)
perversity
KJV usage: X froward.
Pronounce: ik-kesh-ooth'
Origin: from 6141
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
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Cross References

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naughty.
Prov. 11:6• 6The righteousness of the upright delivereth them;{HR}But the treacherous are taken in their own craving. (Prov. 11:6)
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Prov. 17:4• 4An evil-doer heedeth iniquitous lips;{HR}Falsehood listeneth to a mischievous tongue. (Prov. 17:4)
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1 Sam. 17:28• 28{i}And Eliab, his eldest brother, heard while he spoke to the men; and Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said{/i}, 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. (1 Sam. 17:28)
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Jer. 24:2,8‑10• 2{i}One basket had very good figs, like the figs first ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten for badness.{/i}
 8And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith Jehovah, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
 9and I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
 10And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers. (Jer. 24:2,8‑10)
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James 1:21• 21Wherefore, having laid aside every sort of filthiness and overflowing of wickedness, receive with meekness the implanted word which is able to save your souls. (James 1:21)
walketh.
Prov. 6:14• 14Deceits [are] in his heart;{HR}He deviseth mischief at all times;{HR}He sendeth out discords. (Prov. 6:14)
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Prov. 2:12• 12To deliver thee from the way of evil,{HR}From the man that speaketh froward things; (Prov. 2:12)
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Prov. 4:24• 24Put away from thee perverseness of mouth,{HR}And corruption of lips put far from thee. (Prov. 4:24)
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Prov. 8:13• 13The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil:{HR}Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way,{HR}And the froward mouth do I hate. (Prov. 8:13)
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Psa. 10:3,7• 3For the wicked [man] boasteth of his soul's desire;{HR}He blesseth the plunderer, he despiseth Jehovah.
 7Of cursing his mouth is full, and of deceits and violence;{HR}Under his tongue [is] mischief and iniquity. (Psa. 10:3,7)
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Psa. 36:3• 3The words of his mouth [are] falsehood and deceit;{HR}He hath left off to be wise, to do well. (Psa. 36:3)
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Psa. 52:2‑4• 2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs,{HR}As a sharp razor, working deceit.
 3Thou hast loved evil [rather] than good,{HR}Falsehood [rather] than speaking righteousness. Selah.
 4Thou hast loved all words of devouring,{HR}O tongue of deceit. (Psa. 52:2‑4)
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Psa. 59:7• 7Behold, they belch out with their mouth:{HR}Swords [are] in their lips; for who heareth? (Psa. 59:7)
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Psa. 73:8‑9• 8They mock and speak wickedly of oppression;{HR}From on high they speak.
 9They set their mouth in the heavens,{HR}And their tongue walketh in the earth. (Psa. 73:8‑9)
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Matt. 12:34• 34{i}Offspring of vipers! how can ye speak good things, being wicked? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.{/i} (Matt. 12:34)
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Acts 20:30• 30and from among your own selves shall men arise speaking things perverted to draw the disciples after them. (Acts 20:30)
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1 Tim. 5:13• 13And withal they learn also [to be] idle, going about the houses; and not only idle but also tattlers and busy-bodies, speaking things that are not fitting. (1 Tim. 5:13)
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Titus 1:10‑11• 10For there are many unruly ones, vain speakers and deceivers, specially those of [the] circumcision,
 11whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:10‑11)
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James 3:6• 6And the tongue [is] fire, the world of iniquity; the tongue cometh to be in our members that which defileth the whole body, and setteth in a blaze the course of nature, and is set in a blaze by gehenna. (James 3:6)

J. N. Darby Translation

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A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perversei mouth;

JND Translation Notes

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Or "perverted." Lit. "perverseness of," as ch. 4.24.

W. Kelly Translation

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A man of Belial, a wicked person,{HR}Walketh with a perverse mouth.