Proverbs 11:3

perverseness Some would render slipperiness; as we say, "a slippery fellow." The noun occurs here only and in Proverbs 15:4, but the cognate verb is found several times in this Book (Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 19:3; Proverbs 21:12). What is here meant is the trickiness and want of straightforwardness (the opposite of the "integrity" of the former clause) which mark the character and conduct of the treacherous (R.V.).