Verse 17
Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Referenced Verses
- Prov 12:22 : 22 False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
- Ps 101:5 : 5 I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.
- Isa 1:15 : 15 And when your hands are stretched out to me, my eyes will be turned away from you: even though you go on making prayers, I will not give ear: your hands are full of blood.
- Ps 120:2-3 : 2 O Lord, be the saviour of my soul from false lips, and from the tongue of deceit. 3 What punishment will he give you? what more will he do to you, you false tongue?
- Ps 18:27 : 27 For you are the saviour of those who are in trouble; but eyes full of pride will be made low.
- Deut 19:10 : 10 So that in all your land, which the Lord your God is giving you for your heritage, no man may be wrongly put to death, for which you will be responsible.
- Ps 5:6 : 6 You will send destruction on those whose words are false; the cruel man and the man of deceit are hated by the Lord.
- Isa 2:11 : 11 The high looks of man will be put to shame, and the pride of men will be made low, and only the Lord will be lifted up in that day.
- Isa 3:9 : 9 Their respect for a man's position is a witness against them; and their sin is open to the view of all; like that of Sodom, it is not covered. A curse on their soul! for the measure of their sin is full.
- Isa 3:16 : 16 Again, the Lord has said, Because the daughters of Zion are full of pride, and go with outstretched necks and wandering eyes, with their foot-chains sounding when they go:
- Prov 14:5 : 5 A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit.
- Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look and a heart of pride, *** of the evil-doer is sin.
- Prov 26:28 : 28 A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
- Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, O how full of pride are their eyes! O how their brows are lifted up!
- Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us; let us make designs against the good, waiting secretly for the upright, without cause;
- Prov 17:7 : 7 Fair words are not to be looked for from a foolish man, much less are false lips in a ruler.
- Isa 59:3-7 : 3 For your hands are unclean with blood, and your fingers with sin; your lips have said false things, and your tongue gives out deceit. 4 No one puts forward an upright cause, or gives a true decision: their hope is in deceit, and their words are false; they are with child with sin, and give birth to evil. 5 They give birth to snake's eggs, and make spider's threads: whoever takes their eggs for food comes to his death, and the egg which is crushed becomes a poison-snake. 6 Their twisted threads will not make clothing, and their works will give them nothing for covering themselves: their works are works of sin, and violent acts are in their hands. 7 Their feet go quickly to evil, and they take delight in the death of the upright; their thoughts are thoughts of sin; wasting and destruction are in their ways.
- Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.
- John 8:44 : 44 You are the children of your father the Evil One and it is your pleasure to do his desires. From the first he was a taker of life; and he did not go in the true way because there is no true thing in him. When he says what is false, it is natural to him, for he is false and the father of what is false.
- 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 And in the same way, let the younger men be ruled by the older ones. Let all of you put away pride and make yourselves ready to be servants: for God is a hater of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low.
- Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, and those who make use of evil powers, those who make themselves unclean, and the takers of life, and those who give worship to images, and everyone whose delight is in what is false.
- Ps 10:4 : 4 The evil-doer in his pride says, God will not make a search. All his thoughts are, There is no God.
- Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed is he who for a reward puts to death one who has done no wrong. And let all the people say, So be it.
- 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 And because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.
- Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the false lips be shut, which say evil against the upright, looking down on him in their pride.
- Ps 73:6-8 : 6 For this reason pride is round them like a chain; they are clothed with violent behaviour as with a robe. 7 Their eyes are bursting with fat; they have more than their heart's desire. 8 Their thoughts are deep with evil designs; their talk from their seats of power is of cruel acts.
- Ps 131:1 : 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.