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Proverbs 6:14

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Heart;   Malice;   Strife;   Wicked (People);   Young Men;   Thompson Chain Reference - Devices, Evil;   Evil;   Mischief;   Plans and Devices of Men;   Plotting;   Sowing;   Sowing and Reaping;   Wicked, the;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Heart, Character of the Unrenewed;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Heart;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Presumption;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Death;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Froward;   Proverbs, Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Proverbs book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Frowardness;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ethics;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He always plots evil with perversity in his heart;he stirs up trouble.
Hebrew Names Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.
King James Version
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
English Standard Version
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
New Century Version
They make evil plans in their hearts and are always starting arguments.
New English Translation
he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
Amplified Bible
Who perversely in his heart plots trouble and evil continually; Who spreads discord and strife.
New American Standard Bible
Who, with perversion in his heart, continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.
World English Bible
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
Legacy Standard Bible
Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil,Who spreads contentions.
Contemporary English Version
They are always thinking up something cruel and evil, and they stir up trouble.
Complete Jewish Bible
With deceit in his heart, he is always plotting evil and sowing discord.
Darby Translation
deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
Easy-to-Read Version
They are always planning to do something bad.
George Lamsa Translation
He is perverse in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Good News Translation
Lexham English Bible
perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.
Literal Translation
Perversity is in his heart; he is plotting evil at every time, he sends out strife.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.
American Standard Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
Bible in Basic English
His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
King James Version (1611)
Frowardnesse is in his heart, he deuiseth mischiefe continually, he soweth discord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His perverse heart devises evils: at all times such a one causes troubles to a city.
English Revised Version
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
bi schrewid herte he ymagyneth yuel, and in al tyme he sowith dissenciouns.
Update Bible Version
In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who sows discord.
Webster's Bible Translation
Frowardness [is] in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
New King James Version
Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.
New Living Translation
Their perverted hearts plot evil, and they constantly stir up trouble.
New Life Bible
He always plans to do sinful things because of his sinful heart. He causes arguing among people.
New Revised Standard
with perverted mind devising evil, continually sowing discord;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Hath perverse things in his heart, deviseth mischief on every occasion, strifes, he sendeth forth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
Revised Standard Version
with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;
Young's Literal Translation
Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

Contextual Overview

12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth, 13winking his eyes, speaking with his feet, and pointing with his fingers. 14With deceit in his heart he devises evil; he continually sows discord.15Therefore calamity will come upon him suddenly; in an instant he will be shattered beyond recovery. 16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil, 19a false witness who gives false testimony, and one who stirs up discord among brothers.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Frowardness: Proverbs 2:14, Proverbs 16:28-30, Proverbs 21:8

he deviseth: Proverbs 6:18, Psalms 36:4, Isaiah 32:7, Isaiah 57:20, Ezekiel 11:2, Micah 2:1

soweth: Heb. casteth forth, Proverbs 6:19, Proverbs 16:28, Proverbs 22:8, Proverbs 26:17-22, Hosea 8:7, Romans 16:17, Galatians 6:7, Galatians 6:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 27:41 - then 1 Kings 20:7 - seeketh mischief Psalms 17:11 - set Psalms 52:1 - mischief Proverbs 3:29 - Devise not evil Proverbs 6:12 - walketh Proverbs 11:20 - of Proverbs 24:2 - General Proverbs 24:8 - General Ezekiel 38:10 - think an evil thought Zechariah 8:17 - let Matthew 15:19 - out

Cross-References

Exodus 2:3
But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
Matthew 24:38
For in the days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark.
Luke 17:27
People were eating and drinking, marrying and being given in marriage, up to the day Noah entered the ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.
1 Peter 3:20
who disobeyed long ago when God waited patiently in the days of Noah, while the ark was being built. In the ark a few people, only eight souls, were saved through water.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Frowardness [is] in his heart,.... Or perverse things; evil habits and principles of sin; all manner of wickedness, errors and heresies; things contrary to right reason, repugnant to the will and law of God, and the reverse of sound doctrine; all evil thoughts and evil things; see Matthew 15:19;

he deviseth mischief continually; against his neighbours, and especially against good men; he is continually planning schemes, contriving methods, ways, and means, how to disturb, distress, and ruin men; being a true child of Belial, or of the devil, his heart is the forge where he is continually framing wickedness in one shape or another; and the ground which he is always ploughing up and labouring at to bring forth sin and wickedness, and with which it is fruitful;

he soweth discord; or "strifes" z: the Syriac version adds, "between two"; which Jarchi interprets between a man and his Maker; rather between a man and his neighbour; between one friend and another; between husband and wife, parents and children, brethren and brethren, magistrates and subjects; between kings and princes of the earth in which sort of work the man of sin, antichrist, has been very busy. The Targum is, "he casteth out strifes", as firebrands among men. The words in the Hebrew text are, "he sendeth out discord", or "strife" a; these are the messengers sent out by him to make mischief.

z מדנים "contentiones", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus "jurgia", V. L. "lites", Baynus, Cocceius; "litigia", Schultens. a ישלח "mittet", Pagninus, Montanus; "immittit", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Mercerus, Gejerus, Schultens, Michaelis.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 6:14. He deviseth mischief — He plots schemes and plans to bring it to pass.

He soweth discord. — Between men and their wives, by seducing the latter from their fidelity. See the preceding quotation.


 
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