King James Version
What Does Proverbs 6:12 Mean?
“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”
Context
10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
11
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord . soweth: Heb. casteth forth
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(k).* Eleventh Discourse:*—*Against Deceit and Malice *(Proverbs 6:12-19).
(12) **A naughty person.—**According to its original meaning, a “worthless” person, Heb. *a man of Belial,*
**Froward mouth.**—Comp. Proverbs 4:24.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
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Theological Significance
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