Proverbs 16:27

King James Version 1611 (Original)

An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

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  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue 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 Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his household: for he is such a son of Belial, that a man cannot speak to him.
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew a trumpet, and said, We have no part 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 which are thy hand, O LORD, from men of the world, which have their portion in this life, and whose belly thou fillest with thy hid treasure: they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babes. 15 As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; 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: and I lie even 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 seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 79%

    28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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

    30He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.

  • 4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.

  • 12A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.

  • 14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.

  • 76%

    23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

    24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

  • 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • 75%

    18As a mad man who casteth firebrands, arrows, and death,

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

  • 7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud: under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    75%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, and to do good.

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

  • 11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • 21As coals are to burning coals, and wood to fire; so is a contentious man to kindle strife.

  • 8He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

  • 28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.

  • 6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue 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.

  • 18For wickedness burneth as the fire: it shall devour the briers and thorns, and shall kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they shall mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • 2For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • 74%

    26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.

    27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.

    28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • 22An angry man stirreth up strife, and a furious man aboundeth in transgression.

  • 18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    72%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

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

  • 27An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

  • 17He that is soon angry dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked devices is hated.

  • 13The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

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

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

  • 26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.

  • 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

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

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

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    72%

    18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.

  • 11Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • 13Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile.

  • 27He that diligently seeketh good procureth favour: but he that seeketh mischief, it shall come unto him.

  • 21His breath kindleth coals, and a flame goeth out of his mouth.

  • 11There is one come out of thee, that imagineth evil against the LORD, a wicked counsellor.

  • 15He made a pit, and digged it, and is fallen into the ditch which he made.

  • 28The heart of the righteous studieth to answer: but the mouth of the wicked poureth out evil things.

  • 29The bellows are burned, the lead is consumed of the fire; the founder melteth in vain: for the wicked are not plucked away.

  • 2Yet he also is wise, and will bring evil, and will not call back his words: but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

  • 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.