Proverbs 6:14
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth,
13 winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers.
With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
15 Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery.
16 There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.
- KJV
- Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- WEB
- in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
- ASV
- In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
- DARBY
- deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
- BLB
- [with] perversity in his heart, plotting evil; at every time he sends forth strife.
- ÅB
- som har svik i sitt hjerte, som tenker ut onde ting til enhver tid og volder tretter.
- OTB
- som planlegger ondskap med svik i sitt hjerte—
han sprer stadig strid. - B1930
- som har svik i sitt hjerte, som tenker ut onde ting til enhver tid og volder tretter.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 2:1
Woe to those who devise iniquity and plot evil on their beds! At morning’s light they accomplish it because the power is in their hands.
Read in contextRomans 16:17
Now I urge you, brothers, to watch out for those who create divisions and obstacles that are contrary to the teaching you have learned. Turn away from them.
Read in contextHosea 8:7
For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.
Read in contextProverbs 6:18–19
a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Read in contextProverbs 26:17–22
Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.
Read in contextPsalms 36:4
Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
Read in contextProverbs 2:14
from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
Read in contextIsaiah 32:7
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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