Frowardness = Deceitfulness. See note on Proverbs 2:12 . The same word as in Proverbs 2:12 , Proverbs 2:14 ; Proverbs 8:13 ; Proverbs 10:31 , Proverbs 10:32 ; Proverbs 16:28 , Proverbs 16:30 . Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs. soweth = casteth forth [as seed]. read more
WARNING AGAINST DECEITFUL MEN; THINGS GOD HATES (THE ELEVENTH DISCOURSE)"A worthless person, a man of iniquity,Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet,That maketh signs with his fingers;In whose heart is perverseness,Who deviseth evil continually,Who soweth discord.Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly;On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.There are six things which Jehovah hateth;Yea, seven which are an abomination... read more
Proverbs 6:12. A naughty person— In the Hebrew a man of Belial, with a froward mouth, Houbigant renders, distorting his mouth. The LXX read, Walketh in ways that are not right. A froward, or distorted mouth, signifies a speech void of truth, fidelity, and honesty. read more
Proverbs 6:13. He winketh— It is a remark of St. Ambrose, that the mein and gesture of the body are an image of the mind; and he was so delicate upon this subject, that he would not ordain the son of one of his particular friends, because the young man's air and manner were by no means conformable to clerical gravity. The motion of the body is as it were the voice of the soul. Ovid says, Verba superciliis, fine voce silentia dicant; Verba leges digitis, verba notata mero. See his Amor. 1: and... read more
Proverbs 6:14. Frowardness is in his heart, &c.— Pravo corde architectatur malum, as one translation has it: he does not do mischief by chance or negligently, but deliberates how he may do it with most success; he builds it commodiously and speciously to the eye, that it may invite men to inhabit it: there is no industry nor art wanting to make it prosper, and yield a good harvest. read more
12. A naughty person—literally, "A man of Belial," or of worthlessness, that is, for good, and so depraved, or wicked (compare 1 Samuel 25:25; 1 Samuel 30:22, &c.). Idleness and vice are allied. Though indolent in acts, he actively and habitually (walketh) is ill-natured in speech (1 Samuel 30:22- :). read more
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. read more
14. Frowardness—as in :-. deviseth—literally, "constructs, as an artisan." mischief—evil to others. discord—especially litigation. Cunning is the talent of the weak and lazy. read more
15. Suddenness aggravates evil (compare Proverbs 6:11; Proverbs 29:1). calamity—literally, "a crushing weight." broken—shivered as a potter's vessel; utterly destroyed (Proverbs 29:1- :). read more
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E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Proverbs 6:12
naughty person. Hebrew a man of Belial = a worthless person. Like Anglo-Saxon na (= no, or not) and wiht (= a thing) = a thing of naught: i.e. worthless. wicked. Hebrew. 'aven. App-44 . froward = perverse. Same word as in Proverbs 4:24 ; Proverbs 11:20 ; Proverbs 17:20 ; Proverbs 22:5 . Not the same as elsewhere in Proverbs. read more