Proverbs 16:27
Proverbs chapter 16 · verse 27 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
KJV
King James Version · 1611An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Context
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?