Proverbs 6:17 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁷ A proud look, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁷ A proud look [the spirit that makes one overestimate himself and underestimate others], a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, [Ps. 120:2, 3.]

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

Common English Bible

¹⁷ snobbish eyes, a lying tongue, hands that spill innocent blood,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁷ haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁷ Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:17 Cross References

2 Kings 21:16

Moreover, Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, until he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides the sin that he caused Judah to sin so that they did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.

2 Kings 24:4

and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.

Psalm 10:4

In the pride of their countenance the wicked say, “God will not seek it out”; all their thoughts are, “There is no God.”

Psalm 101:5

One who secretly slanders a neighbor I will destroy. A haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not tolerate.

Psalm 131:1

O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

Psalm 18:27

For you deliver a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Psalm 31:18

Let the lying lips be stilled that speak insolently against the righteous with pride and contempt.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those who speak lies; the Lord abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful.

Psalm 5:7

But I, through the abundance of your steadfast love, will enter your house; I will bow down toward your holy temple in awe of you.

Proverbs 1:11

If they say, “Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us wantonly ambush the innocent;

Proverbs 1:16

for their feet run to evil, and they hurry to shed blood.

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

Proverbs 14:5

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

Proverbs 16:5

All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord; be assured, they will not go unpunished.

Proverbs 17:7

Excess speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a ruler.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 28:17

If someone is burdened with the blood of another, let that killer be a fugitive until death; let no one offer assistance.

Proverbs 30:13

There are those—how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!—

Proverbs 6:16

There are six things that the Lord hates, seven that are an abomination to him:

Isaiah 1:15

When you stretch out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; your hands are full of blood.

Isaiah 2:11

The haughty eyes of people shall be brought low, and the pride of everyone shall be humbled, and the Lord alone will be exalted on that day.

Isaiah 3:16

The Lord said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty and walk with outstretched necks, glancing wantonly with their eyes, mincing along as they go, tinkling with their feet;

Isaiah 3:9

The look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them, for they have brought evil on themselves.

Jeremiah 26:15

Only know for certain that if you put me to death, you will be bringing innocent blood upon yourselves and upon this city and its inhabitants, for in truth the Lord sent me to you to speak all these words in your ears.”

John 8:44

You are from your father the devil, and you choose to do your father’s desires. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks according to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Deuteronomy 19:10

so that the blood of an innocent person may not be shed in the land that the Lord your God is giving you as an inheritance, thereby bringing bloodguilt upon you.

Deuteronomy 27:25

“ ‘Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.’ All the people shall say, ‘Amen!’

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you who are younger must be subject to the elders. And all of you must clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.