Naughty person with froward mouth

Naughty person with froward mouth/Seventh thing hated by the Lord

A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers;

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

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy.(Pro.6:12-15)

A person who seeks to cause strife among others is heading for an end of irreparable damage. These verses use repeated vocabulary to highlight the characteristics of such a person in two representative descriptions: characteristics of a worthless person (Chapter 12–15), and things hateful to the Lord (Ch. 16–19). These descriptions give a unified warning that it is the Lord himself (v. 16) who brings about the final end of the worthless person (v. 15). Prov. 6:12–14. The designation a worthless person, a wicked man indicates that he lacks “worth” in the sense of any desire to act in accord with righteousness, for that is what God values (cf. Deut. 13:13; 15:9). The four following phrases, each beginning with a participle in Hebrew (signals,points, goes, winks), describe the person more fully as one desiring to cause conflict, exploit situations, and gain personal advantage in all that he does. Not only his mouth (crooked speech) but also his eyes, feet, and finger are used to communicate deceptively. The final participle (devises) indicates that the external character of a worthless person's communication stems from a perverted heart that seeks to plant seeds of distrust and suspicion among others (continually sowing discord). Prov. 6:15 : The primary justification for the conclusion of this verse is the content of v. 16: the Lord hates and thus also knows and judges these things. The unity of vv. 12–19 around these two central verses is indicated by the way vv. 12–14 and 17–19 are knit together in vocabulary and theme (see note on vv. 17–19).

Six things and seventh thing hated by Lord

These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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.(Prov. 6:16-19)

This numeric literary device presents a representative rather than exhaustive list (cf. 30:15–16, 18–19, 21–31) that seeks to draw particular attention to the final item as the focus of God's hatred. It is easy to agree that God hates the first six items; it is also easy to overlook the seventh (v. 19b), and thus the author pulls the reader up short.

Prov. 6:17–19: The repeated vocabulary from vv. 12–14 indicates that the things listed here are embodied in the character of the worthless person:eyes, tongue, hands, feet, and mouth (breathes) used for wrong purposes (see vv. 12–13), a heart that devises wicked plans (see v. 14a), and the same evil intent of one who sows discord among brothers (see v. 14b).

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