And there happened to be there a man of Belial, 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 16:27 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 A worthless man deviseth mischief: And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: And in his lips there is as a burning fire. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire. American Standard Version (1901) A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. Common English Bible Worthless people dig up trouble; their lips are like a scorching fire. Catholic Public Domain Version The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire. |
And there happened to be there a man of Belial, 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.
My soul is among lions; I lie among them that are set on fire, Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows, And their tongue a sharp sword.
The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; For his mouth craveth it of him.
A froward man scattereth abroad strife: And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise froward things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
A worthless witness mocketh at judgement: And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; He soweth discord.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:
Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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.
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 son of Belial, that one cannot speak to him.