Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Proverbs 16:27 in other translations
| BSB | A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire. |
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| WEB | A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire. |
| ASV | A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. |
| YLT | A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips--as a burning fire. |
| DARBY | A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire. |
| BBE | A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire. |
| Webster | An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. |
What does Proverbs 16:27 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 16:27-28
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Proverbs 16:27 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 16:27
- James 3:6
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.
- Proverbs 6:14
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
- Isaiah 5:18
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
- Psalms 17:14-15
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. As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
- Psalms 52:2-4
Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. Thou lovest evil more than good; and lying rather than to speak righteousness. Selah. Thou lovest all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.
- 1 Samuel 25:17
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.
- Psalms 57:4
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.
- Proverbs 6:12
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
- Proverbs 2:4
If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
- 2 Samuel 20:1
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.
- Habakkuk 2:13
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?
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Context
- Proverbs 16:26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
- Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- Proverbs 16:28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Proverbs 16:27 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | El hombre perverso cava el mal; y en sus labios hay como llama de fuego. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | L’homme de Bélial creuse, à la recherche du mal, et sur ses lèvres il y a comme un feu brûlant. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ein Belialsmann gräbt nach Bösem, und auf seinen Lippen ist es wie brennendes Feuer. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Vir impius fodit malum, et in labiis ejus ignis ardescit. |