Proverbs 16:27

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A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now be aware of this, and see what you can do. For disaster has been planned for our lord and his entire household. He is such a wicked person that no one tells him anything!”
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 Sheba’s Rebellion Now a wicked man named Sheba son of Bicri, a Benjaminite, happened to be there. He blew the trumpet and said,“We have no share in David; we have no inheritance in this son of Jesse! Every man go home, O Israel!”
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 LORD, use your power to deliver me from these murderers, from the murderers of this world! They enjoy prosperity; you overwhelm them with the riches they desire. They have many children, and leave their wealth to their offspring. 15 As for me, because I am innocent I will see your face; when I awake you will reveal yourself to me.
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue carries out your destructive plans; it is as effective as a sharp razor, O deceiver. 3 You love evil more than good, lies more than speaking the truth.(Selah) 4 You love to use all the words that destroy, and the tongue that deceives.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 I am surrounded by lions; I lie down among those who want to devour me; men whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are a sharp sword.
  • Prov 2:4 : 4 if you seek it like silver, and search for it like hidden treasure,
  • Prov 6:12 : 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Beware, those who pull evil along using cords of emptiness are as good as dead, who pull sin as with cart ropes.
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Be sure of this! The LORD of Heaven’s Armies has decreed: The nations’ efforts will go up in smoke; their exhausting work will be for nothing.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:28-30
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    28A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.

    29A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.

    30The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.

  • Prov 17:4
    78%

    4One who acts wickedly pays attention to evil counsel; a liar listens to a malicious tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
    77%

    12A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things;

  • Prov 6:14
    76%

    14he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart.

    24The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The one who has a perverse heart does not find good, and the one who is deceitful in speech falls into trouble.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18Like a madman who shoots firebrands and deadly arrows,

    19so is a person who has deceived his neighbor, and said,“Was I not only joking?”

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of curses and deceptive, harmful words; his tongue injures and destroys.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words he speaks are sinful and deceitful; he does not care about doing what is wise and right.

    4He plans ways to sin while he lies in bed; he is committed to a sinful lifestyle; he does not reject what is evil.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil person seeks only rebellion, and so a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21Like charcoal is to burning coals, and wood to fire, so is a contentious person to kindle strife.

  • Prov 24:8
    74%

    8The one who plans to do evil will be called a scheming person.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A crooked witness scorns justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.

  • Jas 3:6
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    6And the tongue is a fire! The tongue represents the world of wrongdoing among the parts of our bodies. It pollutes the entire body and sets fire to the course of human existence– and is set on fire by hell.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For evil burned like a fire, it consumed thorns and briers; it burned up the thickets of the forest, and they went up in smoke.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts contemplate violence, and their lips speak harm.

  • Prov 26:26-28
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    26Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit, his evil will be uncovered in the assembly.

    27The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone– it will come back on him.

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

  • Prov 29:22
    73%

    22An angry person stirs up dissension, and a wrathful person is abounding in transgression.

  • Prov 10:18
    72%

    18The one who conceals hatred utters lies, and the one who spreads slander is certainly a fool.

  • Prov 18:6-7
    2 verses
    72%

    6The lips of a fool enter into strife, and his mouth invites a flogging.

    7The mouth of a fool is his ruin, and his lips are a snare for his life.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27An unjust person is an abomination to the righteous, and the one who lives an upright life is an abomination to the wicked.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17A person who has a quick temper will do foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes will be hated.

  • Prov 12:13
    72%

    13The evil person is ensnared by the transgression of his speech, but the righteous person escapes out of trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19You do damage with words, and use your tongue to deceive.

  • Prov 6:27
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    27Can a man hold fire against his chest without burning his clothes?

  • Prov 16:26
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    26A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked person receives a bribe secretly to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6For a fool speaks disgraceful things; his mind plans out sinful deeds. He commits godless deeds and says misleading things about the LORD; he gives the hungry nothing to satisfy their appetite and gives the thirsty nothing to drink.

    7A deceiver’s methods are evil; he dreams up evil plans to ruin the poor with lies, even when the needy are in the right.

  • Prov 17:13
    72%

    13As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    18a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil,

    19a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.

  • Ps 140:11
    72%

    11A slanderer will not endure on the earth; calamity will hunt down a violent man and strike him down.

  • Ps 34:13
    71%

    13Then make sure you don’t speak evil words or use deceptive speech!

  • Prov 11:27
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    27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil– it will come to him.

  • Job 41:21
    71%

    21Its breath sets coals ablaze and a flame shoots from its mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
    71%

    11From you, O Nineveh, one has marched forth who plots evil against the LORD, a wicked military strategist.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15he digs a pit and then falls into the hole he has made.

  • Prov 15:28
    71%

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

  • Jer 6:29
    71%

    29The fiery bellows of judgment burn fiercely. But there is too much dross to be removed. The process of refining them has proved useless. The wicked have not been purged.

  • Isa 31:2
    71%

    2Yet he too is wise and he will bring disaster; he does not retract his decree. He will attack the wicked nation, and the nation that helps those who commit sin.

  • Job 15:30
    71%

    30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots and he will depart by the breath of God’s mouth.