Proverbs 16:27

Bishops' Bible (1568)

An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore take heede, & see what thou shalt do: for surelie euyll will come vpon our maister and al his housholde, for he is so wicked, that a man can not speake to him.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 When there came thither a certaine man of Belial, named Seba, the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini, he blew a trumpet, and said: we haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritaunce in the sonne of Isai: euery man to his tentes, O Israel.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce: & they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes. 15 But as for me, I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse: I shalbe satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser. 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes: and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes. Selah. 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soule is among Lions, and I lye among those that are set on fire: among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes, and their tongue a sharpe sword.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest for her as for siluer, and searchest for her as for treasures:
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Wo be vnto them that drawe wickednesse with cordes of vanitie, and sinne as it were with a cart rope.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the Lord of hoastes that the people shall labour in the very fire? the people shall euen weery them selues for very vanitie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:28-30
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    79%

    28A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

    29A wicked man beguyleth his neyghbour, and leadeth hym into the way that is not good:

    30He shutteth his eyes to deuise mischiefe: and moueth his lippes to bryng euyll to passe.

  • Prov 17:4
    78%

    4A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12An vngodly person, a wicked man, goeth with a frowarde mouth.

  • Prov 6:14
    76%

    14He is euer imagining mischiefe and frowardnes in his heart, and causeth discorde.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.

    24An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.

  • Prov 17:20
    76%

    20Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18As he that fayneth him selfe mad, casteth firebrandes, deadly arrowes and dartes:

    19So doth a dissembler with his neighbour, and saith, am not I in sport?

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

    4He imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed, & setteth him selfe in no good way: neither doth he abhorre any thing yt is euil.

  • Prov 17:11
    75%

    11A seditious person seketh mischiefe, and a cruell messenger shalbe sent agaynst hym.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21As coles kindle heate, and wood the fire: euen so doth a brawling felowe stirre vp variaunce.

  • Prov 24:8
    74%

    8He that imagineth mischiefe, maye well be called an vngratious person.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement: and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse.

  • Jas 3:6
    74%

    6And the tongue is fyre, euen a worlde of wickednesse. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fyre the course of nature, & it is set on fyre of hell.

  • Isa 9:18
    74%

    18For vngodlynesse burneth as a fire, and shall deuour bryers and thornes, and it shall burne as in the thicket of a wood, and the wicked aduaunce them selues, as the smoke is caryed vp.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26Hatred maye be couered by deceipt: but the malice therof shalbe shewed before the whole congregation.

    27Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

    28A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

  • Prov 29:22
    73%

    22An angry man stirreth vp strife, and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    72%

    6A fooles lippes come with brawling, and his mouth prouoketh vnto stripes.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27The righteous abhorreth the vngodlye: and the wicked hateth hym that is in the ryght way.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly: but he that is well aduised, is hated of the foole.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13The wicked falleth into the snare thorowe the malice of his owne mouth: but the iust shall escape out of all perill.

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 6:27
    72%

    27May a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent?

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26A troublous soule disquieteth her selfe, for her owne mouth hath brought her therto.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23The vngodly taketh gyftes out of the bosome, to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    72%

    6But the nigarde wyll speake nigardlye, and his heart wyll worke euyll, and play the hypocrite, and imagine abhominations against God, to make the hungry leane, and to withholde drinke from the thirstie.

    7The weapons of the churlishe are euyll, he deuiseth noysome deuises, that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes, yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18An heart that goeth about wicked imaginations, feete that be swyft in running to mischiefe,

    19A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11A man full of tongue can not prosper vpon the earth: euyll shall hunt the outragious person to ouerthrowe him.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He that searcheth for good thynges fyndeth fauour: but who so seketh after mischiefe, it shall happen vnto hym.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath maketh the coles burne, and the flambe goeth out of his mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11There came out of thee such as thought euyll against the Lorde, such as gaue wicked counsell.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15He hath made a graue and digged it: but he hym selfe wyll fall into the pit whiche he hath made.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore: but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellowes are brent in the fire, the leade is not moulten, the melter melteth in vayne, for the euill is not taken away from them.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2And he neuerthelesse is wise, and will plague the wicked, and goeth not from his worde, he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde, and against the helpe of euyll doers.

  • Job 15:30
    71%

    30He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse, the flame shal drye vp his branches, with the blast of ye mouth of God shall he be taken away.