Proverbs 6:14

In 11 translations

BSB

With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.

KJV

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.soweth: Heb. casteth forth

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.

LSV

Contrariness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, || He sends forth contentions.

YLT

Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.

DBY

deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.

DRC

With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.

GNV

Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

JPS

Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.

LXXE

His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

תַּֽהְפֻּכ֨וֹת ׀ בְּלִבּ֗וֹ חֹרֵ֣שׁ רָ֣ע בְּכָל־עֵ֑ת מדנים יְשַׁלֵּֽחַ׃Read aloud as (qere): מִדְיָנִ֥ים

LXX-Br

Διεστραμμένη καρδία τεκταίνεται κακὰ, ἐν παντὶ καιρῷ ὁ τοιοῦτος ταραχὰς συνίστησιν πόλει.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Romans 16:17Now 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.
• Micah 2:1Woe 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.
• Hosea 8:7For 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.
• Proverbs 6:18–19a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.
• Proverbs 2:14from those who enjoy doing evil and rejoice in the twistedness of evil,
• Proverbs 26:17–22Like one who grabs a dog by the ears is a passerby who meddles in a quarrel not his own. Like a madman shooting firebrands and deadly arrows, so is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “I was only joking!”…
• Psalms 36:4Even on his bed he plots wickedness; he sets himself on a path that is not good; he fails to reject evil.
• Galatians 6:7–8Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. 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…
• Proverbs 3:29Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you.
• Isaiah 57:20But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck.
• Proverbs 16:28–30A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends. A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good. He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is…
• Proverbs 21:8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
• Proverbs 22:8He who sows injustice will reap disaster, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
• Ezekiel 11:2And the LORD said to me, “Son of man, these are the men who plot evil and give wicked counsel in this city.
• Isaiah 32:7The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.

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