Proverbs 6:12

Against Worthlessness

¹¹ and your poverty will come like a robber,
your need, like a bandit. ¹² A worthless person, a wicked man
goes around speaking dishonestly,
¹³ winking his eyes, signaling with his feet,
and gesturing with his fingers.

Belial

Proverbs 4:24

Don’t let your mouth speak dishonestly,
and don’t let your lips talk deviously.

1 Samuel 17:28

David’s oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and became angry with him. “Why did you come down here?” he asked. “Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart—you came down to see the battle!”

Psalm 10:3

For the wicked one boasts about his own cravings;
the one who is greedy curses and despises the Lord.

Psalm 10:7

Cursing, deceit, and violence fill his mouth;
trouble and malice are under his tongue.

Psalm 36:3

The words of his mouth are malicious and deceptive;
he has stopped acting wisely and doing good.

Psalm 52:2-4

Like a sharpened razor,
your tongue devises destruction,
working treachery.

Psalm 59:7

Look, they spew from their mouths—
sharp words from their lips.
“For who,” they say, “will hear?”

Psalm 73:8-9

They mock, and they speak maliciously;
they arrogantly threaten oppression.

Proverbs 2:12

rescuing you from the way of evil—
from the one who says perverse things,

Proverbs 6:14

He always plots evil with perversity in his heart—
he stirs up trouble.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

Proverbs 11:6

The righteousness of the upright rescues them,
but the treacherous are trapped by their own desires.

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man digs up evil,
and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Proverbs 17:4

A wicked person listens to malicious talk;
a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

Jeremiah 24:2

One basket contained very good figs, like early figs, but the other basket contained very bad figs, so bad they were inedible.

Jeremiah 24:8-10

“But as for the bad figs, so bad they are inedible, this is what the Lord says: in this way I will deal with king Zedekiah of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.

Matthew 12:34

Brood of vipers! How can you speak good things when you are evil? For the mouth speaks from the overflow of the heart.

Acts 20:30

And men will rise up from your own number with deviant doctrines to lure the disciples into following them.

1 Timothy 5:13

At the same time, they also learn to be idle, going from house to house; they are not only idle, but are also gossips and busybodies, saying things they shouldn’t say.

Titus 1:10-11

For there are also many rebellious people, full of empty talk and deception, especially those from Judaism.

James 1:21

Therefore, ridding yourselves of all moral filth and evil, humbly receive the implanted word, which is able to save you.

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the whole body, sets the course of life on fire, and is set on fire by hell.