Proverbs 6:17

American Standard Version (1901)

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם־נָקִֽי׃

Transliteration

ʿênayim rāmôt ləšôn šāqer and-yādayim šōpḵôt dām-nāqî

Grammar Details

• *ʿênayim*: noun, feminine dual - eyes
• *rāmôt*: adjective, feminine plural - haughty/lofty
• *ləšôn*: noun, feminine singular construct - tongue of
• *šāqer*: noun, masculine singular - falsehood/lie
• *yādayim*: noun, feminine dual - hands
• *šōpḵôt*: verb, qal participle feminine plural - pouring out/shedding
• *dām*: noun, masculine singular construct - blood of
• *nāqî*: adjective, masculine singular - innocent

Word Meanings

• *rāmôt*: haughty/lofty/proud
• *šāqer*: falsehood/lie/deception
• *šōpḵôt*: pouring out/shedding/spilling

Referenced Verses

• Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
• Ps 101:5 : 5 Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.
• Isa 1:15 : 15 And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
• Ps 120:2-3 : 2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue. 3 What shall be given unto thee, and what shall be done more unto thee, Thou deceitful tongue?
• Ps 18:27 : 27 For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.
• Deut 19:10 : 10 that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
• Ps 5:6 : 6 Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
• Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.
• Isa 3:9 : 9 The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.
• Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover Jehovah said, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet;
• Prov 14:5 : 5 A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.
• Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look, and a proud heart, [Even] the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
• Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
• Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
• Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;
• Prov 17:7 : 7 Excellent speech becometh not a fool; Much less do lying lips a prince.
• Isa 59:3-7 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness. 4 None sueth in righteousness, and none pleadeth in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth; and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
• Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
• John 8:44 : 44 Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.
• 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.
• Rev 22:15 : 15 Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
• Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his countenance, [saith], He will not require [it] . All his thoughts are, There is no God.
• Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
• 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.
• Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be dumb, Which speak against the righteous insolently, With pride and contempt.
• Ps 73:6-8 : 6 Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment. 7 Their eyes stand out with fatness: They have more than heart could wish. 8 They scoff, and in wickedness utter oppression: They speak loftily.
• Ps 131:1 : 1 [A Song of Ascents; of David]. Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.