Proverbs 16:27

Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Context

v.26The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.

v.27This passage

v.28A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 2 Samuel 20:1

    And 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, O Israel.

  • Proverbs 6:14

    In whose heart is perverseness, Who deviseth evil continually, Who soweth discord.

  • 1 Samuel 25:17

    Now therefore know and consider what thou wilt do; for evil is determined against our master, and against all his house: for he is such a worthless fellow, that one cannot speak to him.

  • Proverbs 6:12

    A worthless person, a man of iniquity, Is he that walketh with a perverse mouth;

  • James 3:6

    And the tongue is a fire: the world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the wheel of nature, and is set on fire by hell.

  • Habakkuk 2:13

    Behold, is it not of Jehovah of hosts that the peoples labor for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?