Proverbs 16:27

WEB

²⁷A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

KJV

²⁷An ungodly^[+] man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

BSB

²⁷A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech ^[+] is like a scorching fire.

FBV

²⁷Worthless people plot evil and their words burn like fire.

Extra References

James 3:6

⁶And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

Proverbs 6:14

¹⁴in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

Psalms 57:4

⁴My soul is among lions. I lie among those who are set on fire, even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Isaiah 5:18

¹⁸Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope,

1 Samuel 25:17

¹⁷Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”

²Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. ³You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah. ⁴You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 6:12

¹²A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,

Psalms 17:14-15

¹⁴from men by your hand, LORD, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. ¹⁵As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form.

Proverbs 2:4

⁴if you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;

Habakkuk 2:13

¹³Behold, isn’t it from the LORD of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?