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Proverbs 6:12–15

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12A troublemaker and a villain,

who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

13who winks maliciously with his eye,u

signals with his feet

and motions with his fingers,v

14who plots evilw with deceit in his heart—

he always stirs up conflict.x

15Therefore disaster will overtake him in an instant;y

he will suddenlyz be destroyed—without remedy.a

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Cross references

  1. uSee Ps 35:19; Pr 16:30
  2. vIsa 58:9
  3. wSee Ps 140:2
  4. xver 16–19
  5. ySee Ps 55:15
  6. zJob 5:3
  7. aPr 14:32; 29:1

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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;

therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly;

in a moment he will be broken beyond healing.

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.

Therefore calamity will strike him suddenly;

he will be shattered instantly, beyond recovery.

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.

But they will be destroyed suddenly,

broken in an instant beyond all hope of healing.

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.

Upon such a man, suddenly shall his calamity come;

in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

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.

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;

Suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.