Proverbs 6 · Verse 17

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 6:17, King James Version

Proverbs 6:17 in other translations

BSBhaughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
WEBarrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
ASVHaughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
YLTEyes high--tongues false--And hands shedding innocent blood--
DARBYhaughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
BBEEyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
WebsterA proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

What does Proverbs 6:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 6:16-19

16-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 6:12-19

If the slothful are to be condemned, who do nothing, much more those that do all the ill they can. Observe how such a man is described. He says and does every thing artfully, and with design. His ruin shall come without warning, and without relief. Here is a list of things hateful to God. Those sins are in a special manner provoking to God, which are hurtful to the comfort of human life. These things which God…

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Proverbs 6:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

עֵינַ֣יִם'ei.Na.yimeyesH5869
רָ֭מוֹתRa.mothaughtyH7311
לְשׁ֣וֹןle.Shona tongue ofH3956
שָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerfalsehoodH8267
וְ֝יָדַ֗יִםve.ya.Da.yimand handsH3027
שֹׁפְכ֥וֹתsho.fe.Khot[which] shedH8210
דָּם\־dom-bloodH1818
נָקִֽי\׃na.KiinnocentH5355

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Proverbs 6:17

  • Psalms 120:2-3

    Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given unto thee? or what shall be done unto thee, thou false tongue?

  • Proverbs 12:22

    Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

  • Isaiah 1:15

    And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

  • Psalms 101:5

    Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.

  • Psalms 5:6

    Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

  • Proverbs 26:28

    A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

  • Deuteronomy 27:25

    Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

  • Isaiah 3:9

    The shew of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have rewarded evil unto themselves.

  • Proverbs 21:4

    An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

  • Hosea 4:1-2

    Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Psalms 18:27

    For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

  • Deuteronomy 19:10

    That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A proud look. Heb. Haughty eyes.
30:13; Ps 10:4; 18:27; 73:6-8; 101:5; 131:1; Isa 2:11; 3:9,16
1Pe 5:5
lying.
12:22; 14:5; 26:28; Ps 5:6; 120:2,3; Ho 4:1,2; Joh 8:44; Re 22:15
and hands.
1:11; De 27:25; 2Ki 24:4; Isa 1:15; 59:3-6

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Proverbs 6:16

    These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

  • Proverbs 6:17

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Proverbs 6:18

    An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,

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Proverbs 6:17 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Los ojos altivos, la lengua mentirosa, las manos derramadoras de sangre inocente,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		les yeux hautains, la langue fausse, et les mains qui versent le sang innocent,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Hohe Augen, eine Lügenzunge, und Hände, die unschuldiges Blut vergießen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		oculos sublimes, linguam mendacem, manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem,