Occurrences
ʻiqqêsh occurs 11 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Deuteronomy (1), 2 Samuel (1), Psalms (2), Proverbs (7)
- Deuteronomy 32:5 — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse (עִקֵּ֖שׁ) and crooked generation.
- 2 Samuel 22:27 — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward (עִקֵּ֖שׁ) thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- Psalms 18:26 — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward (עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ) thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- Psalms 101:4 — A froward (עִ֭קֵּשׁ) heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
- Proverbs 2:15 — Whose ways are crooked (עִקְּשִׁ֑ים), and they froward in their paths:
- Proverbs 8:8 — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse (וְעִקֵּֽשׁ) in them.
- Proverbs 11:20 — They that are of a froward (עִקְּשֵׁי) heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- Proverbs 17:20 — He that hath a froward (עִקֶּשׁ) heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
- Proverbs 19:1 — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse (מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ) in his lips, and is a fool.
- Proverbs 22:5 — Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward (עִקֵּ֑שׁ): he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- Proverbs 28:6 — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse (מֵעִקֵּ֥שׁ) in his ways, though he be rich.