Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Note Or and what is on his lips
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Note An…: Heb. A man of Belial
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- An ungodly man
- Heb. a man of Belial.
- 1 Samuel 25:17; 2 Samuel 20:1
- diggeth
- Proverbs 2:4; Psalm 17:14, 15; Isaiah 5:18; Habakkuk 2:13
- in
- Psalm 52:2–4; Psalm 57:4; James 3:6