Verse 14
Proverbs 6:14
New King James Version
14
Frowardness
is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת בְּ/לִבּ֗/וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּ/כָל עֵ֑ת מדנים מִדְיָנִ֥ים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ
English Translation
He who plots evil in his heart sends out strife at all times.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
My son, if thou be surety for thy friend,
if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
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2
Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
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3
Do this now, my son, deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thy...
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4
Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
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5
Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand
of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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6
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise:
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7
Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler,
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Provideth her meat in the summer,
and gathereth her food in the harvest.
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9
How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep?
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10
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
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Frowardness
is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
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16
These six
things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven
are
an abomination unto him:
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A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
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An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
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A false witness
that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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20
My son, keep thy father’s commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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21
Bind them continually upon thine heart,
and tie them about thy neck.
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22
When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and
when thou awakest,...
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23
For the commandment
is a lamp; and the law
is light; and reproofs of instruction
are the way of life...
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24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
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25
Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids.
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26
For by means of a whorish woman
a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adulteress will hunt f...
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27
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?
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So he that goeth in to his neighbour’s wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent.
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Men do not despise a thief, if he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry;
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But
if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
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But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he
that doeth it destroyeth his ow...
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A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not be wiped away.
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For jealousy
is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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