Proverbs 6:12-15
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:13 gives signals, lit. scrapes
Proverbs 6:12-15
American Standard Version
12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity,
Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
13 That winketh with his eyes, that [a]speaketh with his feet,
That [b]maketh signs with his fingers;
14 In whose heart is perverseness,
Who deviseth evil continually,
Who [c]soweth discord.
15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;
On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:13 Or, shuffleth
- Proverbs 6:13 Or, teacheth with
- Proverbs 6:14 Hebrew letteth loose.
Proverbs 10:10-11
New King James Version
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.
Proverbs 10:10-11
American Standard Version
10 He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow;
But [a]a prating fool [b]shall fall.
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;
But [c]violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:10 Hebrew the foolish of lips.
- Proverbs 10:10 Or, shall be overthrown (or, laid low)
- Proverbs 10:11 Or, the mouth of the wicked covereth violence
Proverbs 11:3
New King James Version
3 The integrity of the upright will guide (A)them,
But the perversity of the unfaithful will destroy them.
Proverbs 11:3
American Standard Version
3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them;
But the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them.
Proverbs 16:30
New King James Version
30 He winks his eye to devise perverse things;
He [a]purses his lips and brings about evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:30 Lit. compresses
Proverbs 16:30
American Standard Version
30 [a]He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things:
He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:30 Or, He that shutteth his eyes to devise perverse things, That compresseth his lips, bringeth etc.
Proverbs 20:14
New King James Version
14 “It is [a]good for nothing,” cries the buyer;
But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:14 Lit. evil, evil
Proverbs 20:14
American Standard Version
14 It is bad, it is bad, saith the buyer;
But when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
Proverbs 23:6-8
New King James Version
6 Do not eat the bread of (A)a[a] miser,
Nor desire his delicacies;
7 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.
8 The morsel you have eaten, you will vomit up,
And waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit. one who has an evil eye
Proverbs 23:6-8
American Standard Version
6 Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye,
Neither desire thou his dainties:
7 For [a]as he thinketh within himself, so is he:
Eat and drink, saith he to thee;
But his heart is not with thee.
8 The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up,
And lose thy sweet words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Or, as one that reckoneth
Proverbs 26:23-26
New King James Version
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.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:25 Lit. his voice is gracious
Proverbs 26:23-26
American Standard Version
23 Fervent lips and a wicked heart
Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips;
But he layeth up deceit within him:
25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not;
For there are seven abominations in his heart:
26 Though his hatred cover itself with guile,
His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.
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