עִקֵּשׁ

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.