King James Version
Proverbs 6:12 in the King James Version says “A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.” — study this verse from Proverbs chapter 6 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”
Proverbs 6:12 · KJV
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord . soweth: Heb. casteth forth
KJV Study — Public Domain
“A naughty”
H1100without profit, worthlessness; by extension, destruction, wickedness
“man”
H376a 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)
“a wicked”
H205strictly nothingness; also trouble, vanity, wickedness; specifically an idol
“walketh”
H1980to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
“mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
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