Proverbs 16:27

KJV1611 – Modern English

An ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is like a burning fire.

Additional Resources

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household, for he is such a scoundrel that one 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, nor any inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 From men who are your hand, O LORD, from men of the world who have their portion in this life, and whose belly you fill with your hidden treasure; they are full of children, and leave the rest of their substance to their babies. 15 As for me, I will see your face in righteousness; I shall be satisfied when I awake with your likeness.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good; and lying rather than speaking righteousness. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions, and I lie among those who 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 you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures;
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as if with a cart rope:
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for mere vanity?

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Prov 16:28-30
    3 verses
    79%

    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

    29A violent man entices his neighbor, and leads him into a way that is not good.

    30He shuts his eyes to devise perverse things; moving his lips, he brings evil to pass.

  • Prov 17:4
    78%

    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
    77%

    12A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

  • Prov 6:14
    76%

    14Perversity is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.

  • Prov 26:23-24
    2 verses
    76%

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

    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

  • Prov 17:20
    76%

    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 26:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,

    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Ps 10:7
    75%

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

  • Ps 36:3-4
    2 verses
    75%

    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: he has ceased to be wise, and to do good.

    4He devises mischief upon his bed; he sets himself in a way that is not good; he does not abhor evil.

  • Prov 17:11
    75%

    11An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 26:21
    75%

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

  • Prov 24:8
    74%

    8He who devises to do evil shall be called a schemer.

  • Prov 19:28
    74%

    28An ungodly witness scorns judgment, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Jas 3:6
    74%

    6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so the tongue is among our members, that it defiles the whole body and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

  • Isa 9:18
    74%

    18For wickedness burns like the fire; it will devour the briers and thorns and will kindle in the thickets of the forest, and they will mount up like the lifting up of smoke.

  • Prov 24:2
    74%

    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

  • Prov 26:26-28
    3 verses
    74%

    26Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

    27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone, it will roll back on him.

    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 29:22
    73%

    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a furious man abounds in transgression.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calls for blows.

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

  • Prov 29:27
    72%

    27An unjust man is an abomination to the just; and he who is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 14:17
    72%

    17He who is quickly angry acts foolishly, and a man of wicked intentions is hated.

  • Prov 12:13
    72%

    13The wicked is ensnared by the transgression of his lips, but the just will come out of trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
    72%

    19You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

  • Prov 6:27
    72%

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

  • Prov 16:26
    72%

    26He who labors, labors for himself, for his mouth craves it of him.

  • Prov 17:23
    72%

    23A wicked man takes a bribe out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6For the vile person will speak villainy, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make the soul of the hungry empty, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7The schemes of the miser are evil: he devises wicked plans to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaks what is right.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18A heart that devises wicked imaginations, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

    19A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

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

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 11:27
    71%

    27He who diligently seeks good procures favor, but he who seeks evil, it shall come to him.

  • Job 41:21
    71%

    21His breath kindles coals, and a flame goes out of his mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
    71%

    11There is one come out from you, who imagines evil against the LORD, a wicked counselor.

  • Ps 7:15
    71%

    15He made a pit, and dug it, and has fallen into the ditch he made.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

    28The heart of the righteous studies how to answer, but the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.

  • Jer 6:29
    71%

    29The bellows blow fiercely, the lead is consumed by the fire; the refiner melts in vain, for the wicked are not removed.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2Yet He also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back His words: but will rise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who practice iniquity.

  • Job 15:30
    71%

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