Pro 2:12, 22 | Clarke | e4.org | Verse 12. The man that speaketh froward things. ] tahpuchoth , things of subversion ; from taphach , to turn or change the course of a thing . Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious ; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression , deal greatly in broad assertions , and endeavour especially to corrupt the minds of youth .

‏ Proverbs 2:12

Verse 12. The man that speaketh froward things.]

tahpuchoth, things of subversion; from taphach, to turn or change the course of a thing. Men who wish to subvert the state of things, whether civil or religious; who are seditious themselves, and wish to make others so. These speak much of liberty and oppression, deal greatly in broad assertions, and endeavour especially to corrupt the minds of youth.

‏ Proverbs 2:22

Verse 22. Transgressors] bogedim. The garment men, the hypocrites; those who act borrowed characters, who go under a cloak; dissemblers. All such shall be rooted out of the land; they shall not be blessed with posterity. In general it is so: and were it not so, one evil offspring succeeding another, adding their own to their predecessors' vices, the earth would become so exceedingly corrupt that a second flood, or a fire, would be necessary to purge it.