Verse 27

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

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.