Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 6:14 in other translations
| BSB | With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord. |
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| WEB | in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord. |
| ASV | In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord. |
| YLT | Frowardness is in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth. |
| DARBY | deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords. |
| BBE | His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts. |
| Webster | Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. |
What does Proverbs 6:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:13-14
13-14. If, for fear of detection, he does not speak, he uses signs to carry on his intrigues. These signs are still so used in the East.
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19
If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God…
Proverbs 6:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 6:14
- Micah 2:1
Woe to them that devise iniquity, and work evil upon their beds! when the morning is light, they practise it, because it is in the power of their hand.
- Romans 16:17
Now I beseech you, brethren, mark them which cause divisions and offences contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned; and avoid them.
- Hosea 8:7
For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it up.
- Proverbs 6:18-19
An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Proverbs 26:17-22
He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death, So is the man that deceiveth his neighbour, and saith, Am not I in sport? Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. …
- Psalms 36:4
He deviseth mischief upon his bed; he setteth himself in a way that is not good; he abhorreth not evil.
- Proverbs 2:14
Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked;
- Isaiah 32:7
The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.
- Ezekiel 11:2
Then said he unto me, Son of man, these are the men that devise mischief, and give wicked counsel in this city:
- Proverbs 21:8
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
- Galatians 6:7-8
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
- Proverbs 22:8
He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Context
- Proverbs 6:13
He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;
- Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Proverbs 6:15
Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.
Proverbs 6:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Perversidades hay en su corazón, anda pensando mal en todo tiempo; enciende rencillas. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | il y a des pensées perverses dans son cœur, il machine du mal en tout temps, il sème des querelles. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verkehrtheiten sind in seinem Herzen; er schmiedet Böses zu aller Zeit, streut Zwietracht aus. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | pravo corde machinatur malum, et omni tempore jurgia seminat. |