Proverbs 16:27

American Standard Version (1901)

A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 From men by thy hand, O Jehovah, From men of the world, whose portion is in [this] life, And whose belly thou fillest with thy treasure: They are satisfied with children, And leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I shall behold thy face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with [beholding] thy form.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 Thou lovest evil more than good, And lying rather than to speak righteousness. {{Selah 4 Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seek her as silver, And search for her as for hid treasures:
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope;
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:28-30
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    28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

    29A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.

    30He that shutteth his eyes, [it is] to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.

  • Prov 17:4
    78%

    4An evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; [And] a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
    77%

    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 6:14
    76%

    14In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are [like] an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:

  • Prov 17:20
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    20He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18As a madman who casteth firebrands, Arrows, and death,

    19So is the man that deceiveth his neighbor, And saith, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and oppression: Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise [and] to do good.

    4He deviseth iniquity upon his bed; He setteth himself in a way that is not good; He abhorreth not evil.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil man seeketh only rebellion; Therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21[ As] coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, So is a contentious man to inflame strife.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8He that deviseth to do evil, Men shall call him a mischief-maker.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A worthless witness mocketh at justice; And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.

  • Jas 3:6
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    6And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For wickedness burneth as the fire; it devoureth the briers and thorns; yea, it kindleth in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For their heart studieth oppression, And their lips talk of mischief.

  • Prov 26:26-28
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    26Though [his] hatred cover itself with guile, His wickedness shall be openly showed before the assembly.

    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein; And he that rolleth a stone, it shall return upon him.

    28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirreth up strife, And a wrathful man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He that hideth hatred is of lying lips; And he that uttereth a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips enter into contention, And his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7A fool's mouth is his destruction, And his lips are the snare of his soul.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He that is soon angry will deal foolishly; And a man of wicked devices is hated.

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    13In the transgression of the lips is a snare to the evil man; But the righteous shall come out of trouble.

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    19Thou givest thy mouth to evil, And thy tongue frameth deceit.

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    27Can a man take fire in his bosom, And his clothes not be burned?

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    26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him [thereto] .

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    23A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise profaneness, and to utter error against Jehovah, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7And the instruments of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the meek with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, Evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18A heart that deviseth wicked purposes, Feet that are swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness that uttereth lies, And he that soweth discord among brethren.

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    11An evil speaker shall not be established in the earth: Evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking guile.

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    27He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor; But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath kindleth coals, And a flame goeth forth from his mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11There is one gone forth out of thee, that deviseth evil against Jehovah, that counselleth wickedness.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15He hath made a pit, and digged it, And is fallen into the ditch which he made.

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    28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer; But the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

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    30He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath of [God's] mouth shall he go away.