Proverbs 16:27

Geneva Bible (1560)

A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

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  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Nowe therefore take heede, and see what thou shalt doe: for euill will surely come vpon our master, and vpon all his familie: for he is so wicked that a man can not speake to him.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 Then there was come thither a wicked man (named Sheba the sonne of Bichri, a man of Iemini) and hee blew the trumpet, and saide, Wee haue no part in Dauid, neither haue we inheritance in the sonne of Ishai: euery man to his tents, O Israel.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 From men by thine hand, O Lorde, from men of the world, who haue their portion in this life, whose bellies thou fillest with thine hid treasure: their children haue ynough, and leaue the rest of their substance for their children. 15 But I will beholde thy face in righteousnes, and when I awake, I shalbe satisfied with thine image.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully. 3 Thou doest loue euill more then good, and lies more then to speake the trueth. Selah. 4 Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soule is among lions: I lie among the children of men, that are set on fire: whose teeth are speares and arrowes, & their tongue a sharpe sworde.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 If thou seekest her as siluer, & searchest for her as for treasures,
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe vnto them, that draw iniquitie with cordes of vanitie, and sinne, as with cart ropes:
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Beholde, is it not of the Lorde of hostes that the people shal labour in ye very fire? the people shall euen weary themselues for very vanitie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:28-30
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    28 A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

    29 A wicked man deceiueth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

    30 He shutteth his eyes to deuise wickednes: he moueth his lippes, and bringeth euil to passe.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12 The vnthriftie man and the wicked man walketh with a froward mouth.

  • Prov 6:14
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    14 Lewde things are in his heart: he imagineth euill at all times, and raiseth vp contentions.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23 As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

    24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18 As he that faineth himselfe mad, casteth fire brands, arrowes, and mortall things,

    19 So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3 The wordes of his mouth are iniquitie and deceit: hee hath left off to vnderstand and to doe good.

    4 Hee imagineth mischiefe vpon his bed: he setteth himselfe vpon a way, that is not good, and doeth not abhorre euill.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11 A sedicious person seeketh onely euill, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21 As ye cole maketh burning coles, & wood a fire, so the contentious man is apt to kindle strife.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8 Hee that imagineth to doe euill, men shall call him an autour of wickednes.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28 A wicked witnes mocketh at iudgement, & the mouth of ye wicked swalloweth vp iniquitie.

  • Jas 3:6
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    6 And the tongue is fire, yea, a worlde of wickednesse: so is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature, and it is set on fire of hell.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18 For wickednesse burneth as a fire: it deuoureth the briers and the thornes and will kindle in the thicke places of the forest: and they shall mount vp like the lifting vp of smoke.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

  • Prov 26:26-28
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    26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

    27 He that diggeth a pit shal fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

    28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • Prov 29:22
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    22 An angrie man stirreth vp strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6 A fooles lips come with strife, & his mouth calleth for stripes.

    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27 A wicked man is abomination to the iust, and he that is vpright in his way, is abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17 He that is hastie to anger, committeth follie, and a busie body is hated.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13 The euill man is snared by the wickednesse of his lips, but the iust shall come out of aduersitie.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • Prov 6:27
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    27 Can a man take fire in his bosome, and his clothes not be burnt?

  • Prov 16:26
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    26 The person that traueileth, traueileth for himselfe: for his mouth craueth it of him.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosome to wrest the wayes of iudgement.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6 But the nigarde will speake of nigardnesse, and his heart will worke iniquitie, and do wickedly, and speake falsely against the Lorde, to make emptie the hungrie soule, and to cause the drinke of the thirstie to faile.

    7 For the weapons of the churle are wicked: hee deuiseth wicked counsels, to vndoe the poore with lying words: and to speake against the poore in iudgement.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13 He that rewardeth euil for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18 An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,

    19 A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11 For the backbiter shall not be established vpon the earth: euill shall hunt the cruell man to destruction.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27 He that seeketh good things, getteth fauour: but he that seeketh euill, it shall come to him.

  • Job 41:21
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    21 (41:12) His breath maketh the coales burne: for a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11 There commeth one out of thee that imagineth euill against the Lorde, euen a wicked counsellour.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15 Hee hath made a pitte and digged it, and is fallen into the pit that he made.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28 The heart of the righteous studieth to answere: but the wicked mans mouth babbleth euil thinges.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29 The bellowes are burnt: the lead is consumed in the fire: the founder melteth in vaine: for the wicked are not taken away.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2 But he yet is wisest: therefore he wil bring euill, and not turne backe his worde, but he will arise against the house of the wicked, and against the helpe of them that worke vanitie.

  • Job 15:30
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    30 He shall neuer depart out of darkenesse: the flame shall drie vp his branches, and he shall goe away with the breath of his mouth.