Proverbs 6:12
A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,
In context
9 How long will you lie there, O sluggard? When will you arise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, 11 and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and want like an armed man.
12 A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech, 13 winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, points with his finger, 14 with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord; 15 therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.
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- KJV King James Version
— Proverbs 6:12 in the KJV
A naughty person, a wicked man, Walketh with a froward mouth.
- NIV New International Version
— Proverbs 6:12 in the NIV
A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,