Proverbs 6:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.”

Proverbs 6:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Proverbs 6:12 in 6 Bible Translations

Read Proverbs 6:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.

Proverbs 6:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,”

Proverbs 6:12 — World English Bible

Proverbs 6:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth; ”

Proverbs 6:12 — American Standard Version

Proverbs 6:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“A man of worthlessness, a man of iniquity, Walking <FI>with<Fi> perverseness of mouth,”

Proverbs 6:12 — Young's Literal Translation

Proverbs 6:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“A man of Belial, a wicked person, is he that goeth about with a perverse mouth; ”

Proverbs 6:12 — Darby Translation

Proverbs 6:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.”

Proverbs 6:12 — Geneva Bible

Proverbs 6:12 in Context — Proverbs 6

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.

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What Does Proverbs 6:12 Mean?

Proverbs 6:12 is a verse from the Book of Proverbs, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Proverbs chapter 6. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.

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