Proverbs 6:17

Webster's Bible (1833)

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood;

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  • Prov 12:22 : 22 Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.
  • Ps 101:5 : 5 I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.
  • Isa 1:15 : 15 When you spread forth your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; Yes, when you make many prayers, I will not hear. Your hands are full of blood.
  • Ps 120:2-3 : 2 Deliver my soul, Yahweh, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue. 3 What will be given to you, and what will be done more to you, You deceitful tongue?
  • Ps 18:27 : 27 For you will save the afflicted people, But the haughty eyes you will bring down.
  • Deut 19:10 : 10 that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.
  • Ps 5:6 : 6 You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.
  • Isa 2:11 : 11 The lofty looks of man will be brought low, The haughtiness of men will be bowed down, And Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 3:9 : 9 The look of their faces testify against them. They parade their sin like Sodom. They don't hide it. Woe to their soul! For they have brought disaster upon themselves.
  • Isa 3:16 : 16 Moreover Yahweh said, "Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, Walking to trip as they go, Jingling ornaments on their feet;
  • Prov 14:5 : 5 A truthful witness will not lie, But a false witness pours out lies.
  • Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look, and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.
  • Prov 26:28 : 28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
  • Prov 30:13 : 13 There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! Their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Prov 1:11 : 11 If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
  • Prov 17:7 : 7 Arrogant speech isn't fitting for a fool, Much less do lying lips fit a prince.
  • Isa 59:3-7 : 3 For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness. 4 None sues in righteousness, and none pleads in truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity. 5 They hatch adders' eggs, and weave the spider's web: he who eats of their eggs dies; and that which is crushed breaks out into a viper. 6 Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands. 7 Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.
  • Hos 4:1-2 : 1 Hear the word of Yahweh, you children of Israel; For Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed there is no truth, Nor goodness, Nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; They break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
  • John 8:44 : 44 You are of your Father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and the father of it.
  • 1 Pet 5:5 : 5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to subject yourselves to one another; for "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • Rev 22:15 : 15 Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
  • Ps 10:4 : 4 The wicked, in the pride of his face, Has no room in his thoughts for God.
  • Deut 27:25 : 25 Cursed be he who takes a bribe to kill an innocent person. All the people shall say, Amen.
  • 2 Kgs 24:4 : 4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
  • Ps 31:18 : 18 Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.
  • Ps 73:6-8 : 6 Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment. 7 Their eyes bulge with fat. Their minds pass the limits of conceit. 8 They scoff and speak with malice. In arrogance, they threaten oppression.
  • Ps 131:1 : 1 > Yahweh, my heart isn't haughty, nor my eyes lofty; Nor do I concern myself with great matters, Or things too wonderful for me.

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  • 16There are six things which Yahweh hates; Yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

  • 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.

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    6You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

  • 3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue mutters wickedness.

  • 4A high look, and a proud heart, The lamp of the wicked, is sin.

  • 15"Their feet are swift to shed blood.

  • 17But your eyes and your heart are not but for your covetousness, and for shedding innocent blood, and for oppression, and for violence, to do it.

  • 16For their feet run to evil. They hurry to shed blood.

  • 5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: They shall assuredly not be unpunished.

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    21For from within, out of the hearts of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, sexual sins, murders, thefts,

    22covetings, wickedness, deceit, lustful desires, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, and foolishness.

  • 7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; desolation and destruction are in their paths.

  • 6The words of the wicked are about lying in wait for blood, But the speech of the upright rescues them.

  • 4An evil-doer heeds wicked lips. A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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

    8He lies in wait near the villages. From ambushes, he murders the innocent. His eyes are secretly set against the helpless.

  • 19For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, sexual sins, thefts, false testimony, and blasphemies.

  • 13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

  • 2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; They break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

  • 5A righteous man hates lies, But a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

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

  • 14In whose heart is perverseness, Who devises evil continually, Who always sows discord.

  • 26Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

  • 3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings, He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

  • 17and let none of you devise evil in your hearts against his neighbor, and love no false oath: for all these are things that I hate," says Yahweh.

  • 12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he who walks with a perverse mouth;

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    1> An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, Too much to detect and hate his sin.

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

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

  • 3May Yahweh cut off all flattering lips, And the tongue that boasts,

  • 22Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, But those who do the truth are his delight.

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    11Shall I be pure with dishonest scales, And with a bag of deceitful weights?

    12Her rich men are full of violence, Her inhabitants speak lies, And their tongue is deceitful in their speech.

  • 2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.

  • 18Let the lying lips be mute, Which speak against the righteous insolently, with pride and contempt.

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

    25When his speech is charming, don't believe him; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

  • 19"You give your mouth to evil. You harnesses your tongue for deceit.

  • 15He who walks righteously, and speaks blamelessly; he who despises the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from taking a bribe, who stops his ears from hearing of blood, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil:

  • 10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; And they seek the life of the upright.

  • 27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: How much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

  • 11If they say, "Come with us, Let's lay in wait for blood; Let's lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;

  • 5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

  • 7For my mouth speaks truth. Wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

  • 8Gilead is a city of those who work iniquity; It is stained with blood.

  • 10that innocent blood not be shed in the midst of your land, which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance, and so blood be on you.

  • 8Whose mouths speak deceit, Whose right hand is a right hand of falsehood.

  • 1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, But accurate weights are his delight.