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Proverbs 6:12–14

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12A aworthless person, a wicked man,

Is the one who walks with a bperverse mouth,

13Who awinks with his eyes, who 1signals with his feet,

Who 2points with his fingers;

14Who with aperversity in his heart continually bdevises evil,

Who 1cspreads strife.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit scrapes
  2. 2Lit instructs with
  3. 1Lit sends out

Cross references

  1. aProv 16:27
  2. bProv 4:24; 10:32
  3. aJob 15:12; Ps 35:19; Prov 10:10
  4. aProv 17:20
  5. bProv 3:29; Mic 2:1
  6. cProv 6:19; 16:28

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

A worthless person, a wicked man,

goes about with crooked speech,

winks with his eyes, signals with his feet,

points with his finger,

with perverted heart devises evil,

continually sowing discord;

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A troublemaker and a villain,

who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

who winks maliciously with his eye,

signals with his feet

and motions with his fingers,

who plots evil with deceit in his heart—

he always stirs up conflict.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A worthless person, a wicked man

goes around speaking dishonestly,

winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,

and gesturing with his fingers.

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart;

he stirs up trouble.

NLTNew Living Translation

What are worthless and wicked people like?

They are constant liars,

signaling their deceit with a wink of the eye,

a nudge of the foot, or the wiggle of fingers.

Their perverted hearts plot evil,

and they constantly stir up trouble.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A worthless man, an evil man,

goes around with deceitful speech.

Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot,

pointing in his fingers,

perversion in his heart, he devises evil;

at all times he will send out discord.

KJV 1900King James Version

A naughty person, a wicked man,

Walketh with a froward mouth.

He winketh with his eyes,

He speaketh with his feet,

He teacheth with his fingers;

Frowardness is in his heart,

He deviseth mischief continually;

He soweth discord.