Proverbs 16:27 · KJV
“An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}”
— Proverbs 16:27
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. {soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}
Proverbs 16 — Context
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof {are} the ways of death.
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips {there is} as a burning fire. {An...: Heb. A man of Belial}
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. {soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way {that is} not good.
Cross References
James 3:6
And the tongue {is} a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. {course: Gr. wheel}
Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness {is} in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. {soweth: Heb. casteth forth}
Psalms 57:4
My soul {is} among lions: {and} I lie {even among} them that are set on fire, {even} the sons of men, whose teeth {are} spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.
Isaiah 5:18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Psalms 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he {is such} a son of Belial, that {a man} cannot speak to him.
Psalms 17:14-15
From men {which are} thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, {which have} their portion in {this} life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid {treasure}: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their {substance} to their babes. {which are: or, by} {they...: or, their children are full}