The Wicked Man

12 A worthless person, a wicked man,
Walks with a perverse mouth;
13 (A)He winks with his eyes,
He [a]shuffles his feet,
He points with his fingers;
14 Perversity is in his heart,
(B)He devises evil continually,
(C)He sows discord.
15 Therefore his calamity shall come (D)suddenly;
Suddenly he shall (E)be broken (F)without remedy.

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  1. Proverbs 6:13 gives signals, lit. scrapes

10 He who winks with the eye causes trouble,
But a prating fool will fall.

11 The mouth of the righteous is a well of life,
But violence covers the mouth of the wicked.

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The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.

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30 He winks his eye to devise perverse things;
He [a]purses his lips and brings about evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:30 Lit. compresses

14 It is [a]good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil

Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;
For as he thinks in his heart, so is he.
“Eat and drink!” (B)he says to you,
But his heart is not with you.
The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye

23 Fervent lips with a wicked heart
Are like earthenware covered with silver dross.

24 He who hates, disguises it with his lips,
And lays up deceit within himself;
25 (A)When [a]he speaks kindly, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart;
26 Though his hatred is covered by deceit,
His wickedness will be revealed before the assembly.

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  1. Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious

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