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Proverbs 6:12
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The Wicked Man

12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;

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Proverbs 6:12
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12 A troublemaker and a villain,
    who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

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Matthew 12:34
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34 (A)Brood[a] of vipers! How can you, being evil, speak good things? (B)For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.

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  1. Matthew 12:34 Offspring
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Matthew 12:34
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34 You brood of vipers,(A) how can you who are evil say anything good? For the mouth speaks(B) what the heart is full of.

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Matthew 11
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Proverbs 16:27
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27 [a]An ungodly man digs up evil,
And it is on his lips like a burning (A)fire.

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  1. Proverbs 16:27 Lit. A man of Belial
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Proverbs 16:27
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27 A scoundrel(A) plots evil,
    and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.(B)

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Proverbs 15
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Proverbs 4:24
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24 Put away from you a [a]deceitful mouth,
And put perverse lips far from you.

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  1. Proverbs 4:24 devious
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Proverbs 4:24
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24 Keep your mouth free of perversity;
    keep corrupt talk far from your lips.

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1 Timothy 5:13
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13 And besides they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house, and not only idle but also gossips and busybodies, saying things which they ought not.

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1 Timothy 5:13
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13 Besides, they get into the habit of being idle and going about from house to house. And not only do they become idlers, but also busybodies(A) who talk nonsense,(B) saying things they ought not to.

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1 Timothy 6
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Titus 1:10-11
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The Elders’ Task

10 For there are many insubordinate, both idle (A)talkers and deceivers, especially those of the circumcision, 11 whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole households, teaching things which they ought not, (B)for the sake of dishonest gain.

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Titus 1:10-11
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Rebuking Those Who Fail to Do Good

10 For there are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk(A) and deception, especially those of the circumcision group.(B) 11 They must be silenced, because they are disrupting whole households(C) by teaching things they ought not to teach—and that for the sake of dishonest gain.

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Acts 20:30
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30 Also (A)from among yourselves men will rise up, speaking [a]perverse things, to draw away the disciples after themselves.

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  1. Acts 20:30 misleading
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Acts 20:30
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30 Even from your own number men will arise and distort the truth in order to draw away disciples(A) after them.

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Proverbs 17:4
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4 An evildoer gives heed to false lips;
A liar listens eagerly to a [a]spiteful tongue.

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  1. Proverbs 17:4 Lit. destructive
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Proverbs 17:4
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4 A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
    a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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Proverbs 16
Proverbs 18
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Proverbs 8:13
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13 (A)The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
(B)Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And (C)the perverse mouth I hate.

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Proverbs 8:13
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13 To fear the Lord(A) is to hate evil;(B)
    I hate(C) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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Proverbs 7
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Psalm 59:7
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7 Indeed, they belch with their mouth;
(A)Swords are in their lips;
For they say, (B)“Who hears?”

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Psalm 59:7
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7 See what they spew from their mouths(A)—
    the words from their lips are sharp as swords,(B)
    and they think, “Who can hear us?”(C)

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Psalm 52:2-4
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2 Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
3 You love evil more than good,
Lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah
4 You love all devouring words,
You deceitful tongue.

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Psalm 52:2-4
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2 You who practice deceit,(A)
    your tongue plots destruction;(B)
    it is like a sharpened razor.(C)
3 You love evil(D) rather than good,
    falsehood(E) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
4 You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(F)

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  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.
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James 3:6
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6 And (A)the tongue is a fire, a world of [a]iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it (B)defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of [b]nature; and it is set on fire by [c]hell.

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  1. James 3:6 unrighteousness
  2. James 3:6 existence
  3. James 3:6 Gr. Gehenna
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James 3:6
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6 The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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Proverbs 11:6
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6 The righteousness of the upright will deliver them,
But the unfaithful will be caught by their lust.

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Proverbs 11:6
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6 The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)

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