Proverbs 6:14

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Proverbs 6:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

14 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:

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Proverbs 2:14

from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.

Proverbs 16:29

A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.

Proverbs 16:30

He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

Proverbs 6:18

a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,

Psalms 36:4

Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.

Isaiah 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.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.

Ezekiel 11:2

And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.

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.

Proverbs 6:19

a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Proverbs 22:8

He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.

Proverbs 26:17

Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own.

Proverbs 26:18

Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows,

Proverbs 26:19

so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”

Proverbs 26:20

Without wood, a fire goes out; without gossip, a conflict ceases.

Proverbs 26:21

Like charcoal for embers and wood for fire, so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

Proverbs 26:22

The words of a gossip are like choice morsels that go down into the inmost being.

Hosea 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.

Romans 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.

Galatians 6:7

Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return.

Galatians 6:8

The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.