Verse 27

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

Referenced Verses

  • 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?