Proverbs 16:27

World English Bible (2000)

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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Referenced Verses

  • Jas 3:6 : 6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
  • 1 Sam 25:17 : 17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house; for he is such a worthless fellow that one can't speak to him."
  • 2 Sam 20:1 : 1 There happened to be there a base fellow, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, "We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse. Every man to his tents, Israel!"
  • Ps 17:14-15 : 14 from men by your hand, Yahweh, from men of the world, whose portion is in this life. You fill the belly of your cherished ones. Your sons have plenty, and they store up wealth for their children. 15 As for me, I shall see your face in righteousness. I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with seeing your form. For the Chief Musician. By David the servant of Yahweh, who spoke to Yahweh the words of this song in the day that Yahweh delivered him from the hand of all his enemies, and from the hand of Saul. He said,
  • Ps 52:2-4 : 2 Your tongue plots destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 3 You love evil more than good, lying rather than speaking the truth. Selah. 4 You love all devouring words, you deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 57:4 : 4 My soul is among lions. 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 man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;
  • Prov 6:14 : 14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
  • Isa 5:18 : 18 Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and wickedness as with cart rope;
  • Hab 2:13 : 13 Behold, isn't it of Yahweh of Armies that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 16:28-30
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    28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

    29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

    30One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evildoer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 6:12
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    12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Prov 6:14
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    14in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.

  • Prov 26:23-24
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    23Like silver dross on an earthen vessel are the lips of a fervent one with an evil heart.

    24A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, but he harbors evil in his heart.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20One who has a perverse heart doesn't find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

  • Prov 26:18-19
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    18Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,

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

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing, deceit, and oppression. Under his tongue is mischief and iniquity.

  • Ps 36:3-4
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    3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit. He has ceased to be wise and to do good.

    4He plots iniquity on his bed. He sets himself in a way that is not good. He doesn't abhor evil.

  • Prov 17:11
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    11An evil man seeks only rebellion; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

  • Prov 26:21
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    21As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife.

  • Prov 24:8
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    8One who plots to do evil will be called a schemer.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Jas 3:6
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    6And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.

  • Isa 9:18
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    18For wickedness burns like a fire. It devours the briers and thorns; yes, it kindles in the thickets of the forest, and they roll upward in a column of smoke.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about mischief.

  • Prov 26:26-28
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    26His malice may be concealed by deception, but his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

    27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.

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

  • Prov 29:22
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    22An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He who hides hatred has lying lips. He who utters a slander is a fool.

  • Prov 18:6-7
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    6A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings.

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

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 14:17
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    17He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.

  • Prov 12:13
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    13An evil man is trapped by sinfulness of lips, but the righteous shall come out of trouble.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19"You give your mouth to evil. Your tongue frames deceit.

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    27Can a man scoop fire into his lap, and his clothes not be burned?

  • Prov 16:26
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    26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, to pervert the ways of justice.

  • Isa 32:6-7
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    6For the fool will speak folly, and his heart will work iniquity, to practice profanity, and to utter error against Yahweh, To make empty the soul of the hungry, and to cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.

    7The ways of the scoundrel are evil. He devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.

  • Prov 17:13
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    13Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.

  • Prov 6:18-19
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    18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that are swift in running to mischief,

    19a false witness who utters lies, and he who sows discord among brothers.

  • Ps 140:11
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    11An evil speaker won't be established in the earth. Evil will hunt the violent man to overthrow him.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13Keep your tongue from evil, and your lips from speaking lies.

  • Prov 11:27
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    27He who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.

  • Job 41:21
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    21His breath kindles coals. A flame goes forth from his mouth.

  • Nah 1:11
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    11There is one gone forth out of you, who devises evil against Yahweh, who counsels wickedness.

  • Ps 7:15
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    15He has dug a hole, and has fallen into the pit which he made.

  • Prov 15:28
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    28The heart of the righteous weighs answers, but the mouth of the wicked gushes out evil.

  • Jer 6:29
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    29The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed of the fire: in vain do they go on refining; for the wicked are not plucked away.

  • Isa 31:2
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    2Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.

  • Job 15:30
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    30He shall not depart out of darkness. The flame shall dry up his branches. By the breath of God's mouth shall he go away.