John Trapp on Proverbs 6:12

Verſ. 12. A naughty perſon] Lo, every idle man is a naughty man: is, or ere long will bee; For by doing nothing, men learn to do evil,Nihil agenda male agere diſcunt. ſaid the Heathen: And, thou wicked and ſlothful ſervant, ſaith our Saviour, Mat. 25.26. Hee puts no difference betwixt Nequam & Nequaquam, and idle and an evil perſon. The Devil alſo will not long ſuffer ſuch an one to bee idle, but will ſoon ſet him to work. Idleneſs is the hour of temptation.

A wicked man] Or, an unprofitable man, vir nihili, good for nothing, but to eat, and drink, and ſleep, and ſport, and ſit, and talk, and laugh, and be merry. Theſe are Cyphers, nay, they are excrements in humane ſociety;Mr. Wheatly. that live in the world to no purpoſe, yea, to bad purpoſe. Oh it is good (ſaith One) to do ſomething whereby the world may be the better; and not to come hither meerly as Rats and Mice, onely to devoure victuals, and to run ſqueaking up and down.

Walketh with a froward mouth] Graditur ore perverſe. Nothing more uſual with Idlebies, than to go tatling up and down▪ prying, and ſpying, [non-Latin text not transcribed]. 2 Theſ. [illegible: 1 letter].11 and carrying tales and rumors, 1 Tim. 5.13. See the note there. It is nothing that they can do; they will ſay the more therefore.