Verse 27

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

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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?