Proverbs 16:27

Coverdale Bible (1535)

An vngodly personne stereth vp euell, and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Take hede now therfore, and loke well what thou doest, for there is surely a mysfortune at hande agaynst oure lorde, & agaynst all his house. And he is a man of Belial, to whom no man darre saye eny thinge.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 There was a famous man of Belial there, whose name was Seba ye sonne of Bichri, a ma of Iemini, which blewe the trompe, and sayde: We haue no porcion in Dauid, ner inheritaunce in ye sonne of Isai: let euery get him to his tent, O Israel.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 Fro the men of thy honde (o LORDE) from the men off the worlde, which haue their porcion in this life: whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure. 15 They haue children at their desyre, and leaue the reste of their substauce for their babes. But as for me, I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes: and when thy glory appeareth, I shal be satisfied.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie. 3 Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse, and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure. 4 Thou louest vngraciousnesse more the good, to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 Sela. This shal God sende, for his mercy and faithfulnesse sake. I lye with my soule amonge the cruell lyons:
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 yf thou sekest after her as after money, and dyggest for her as for treasure:
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth:
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Wo vnto vayne persones, that drawe wickednes vnto the, as it were with a coorde: and synne, as it were with a cart rope.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Shal not the LORDE of hoostes bringe this to passe, that the laboures of the people shal be brent with a greate fyre, and that the thinge wher vpon the people haue weeried them selues, shall be lost?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    28A frowarde body causeth strife, and he yt is a blabbe of his tonge, maketh deuysion amonge prynces.

    29A wicked ma begyleth his neghbor, & ledeth him ye waye yt is not good.

    30He that wyncketh wt his eyes, ymagineth myschefe: and he yt byteth his lippes, wyl do some harme.

  • 4A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes, & a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toge.

  • 12A dissemblynge person, a wicked man goeth with a frowarde mouth:

  • 14he is euer ymageninge myschefe & frowardnesse in his hert, & causeth discorde.

  • 76%

    23Venymous lippes & a wicked herte, are like a potsherde couered wt syluer drosse.

    24An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes, and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe:

  • 20Who so hath a frowarde herte, opteyneth no good: and he yt hath an ouerthwarte tonge, shal fall into myschefe.

  • 75%

    18Like as one shuteth deadly arowes and dartes out of a preuy place, euen so doth a dyssembler with his neghboure,

    19And then sayeth he: I dyd it but in sporte.

  • 7He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens, that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent, his eyes are set vpo the poore.

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate, he wil not be lerned to do good.

    4He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde, he will come in no good waye, ner refuse the thinge that is euell.

  • 11A sedicious personne seketh myschefe, but a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him.

  • 21Coles kyndle heate, and wodd ye fyre: euen so doth a braulinge felowe stere vp variaunce.

  • 8He yt ymagineth myschefe, maye wel be called an vngracious personne.

  • 28A false wytnes laugheth iudgmet to scorne, & the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes.

  • 6and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure membres, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell.

  • 18For the vngodly burne, as a fyre in the bryers and thornes: And as it were out of a fyre in a wod or a redebush, so ascendeth the smoke of their pryde.

  • 2For their herte ymagineth to do hurte, & their lippes talke of myschefe.

  • 74%

    26Who so kepeth euell will secretly to do hurte, his malyce shalbe shewed before the whole congregacion.

    27Who so dyggeth vp a pytt, shal fal therin: and he yt weltreth a stone, shal stomble vpon it hymselfe.

    28A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.

  • 22An angrie man stereth vp strife, and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde, doth moch euell.

  • 18Dissemblynge lippes kepe hatred secretly, and he that speaketh eny slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6A fooles lippes are euer brawlinge, and his mouth prouoketh vnto batayll.

    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruccion, and his lippes are ye snare for his owne soule.

  • 27The rightuous abhorre the vngodly: but as for those that be in ye right waye, ye wicked hate them.

  • 17An vnpacient man handeleth foolishly, but he that is well aduysed, doth other wayes.

  • 13The wicked falleth in to the snare thorow ye malyce of his owne mouth, but the iust shal escape out of parell.

  • 19Thou lettest yi mouth speake wickednesse, & thy tonge paynteth disceate.

  • 27Maye a man take fyre in his bosome, and his clothes not be brent?

  • 26A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe, for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto.

  • 23The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome, to wraist the wayes of iudgment.

  • Isa 32:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6But the churle wil be churlishly mynded, and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite, and ymagyn abhominacios agaynst God, to make the hungrie leane, and to withholde drinke from the thurstie:

    7These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous, these be his shameful councels: that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes, yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore.

  • 13Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shal not departe fro his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18an herte yt goeth aboute wt wicked ymaginacios, fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe,

    19a false wytnesse yt bringeth vp lyes, & soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren.

  • 11A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth: a malicious & wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed.

  • 13Let him refrayne his tonge from euell, and his lippes that they speake no gyle.

  • 27He that laboureth for honesty fyndeth his desyre: but who so seketh after myschefe, it shal happe vnto him.

  • 21His breth maketh the coales burne, the flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • 11There come out of ye soch as ymagin myschefe, and geue vngracious councell agaynst the LORDE.

  • 15He hath grauen and dygged vp a pytte, but he shal fall himself in to ye pytte yt he hath made.

  • 28A rightuous ma museth in his mynde how to do good, but ye mynde of the vngodly ymagineth, how he maye do harme.

  • 29The bellous are brent in the fyre, the leade is consumed, the melter melteth in vayne, for the euel is not taken awaye from them.

  • 2Where as he neuertheles plageth ye wicked, and yet goeth not from his worde, wha he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde, and against the helpe of euel doers.

  • 30He shal neuer come out of darcknesse, the flame shal drye vp his braunches, with ye blast of the mouth of God shal he be take awaie.