Proverbs 16:27

English Standard Version 2016

A worthless man plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

Cross References

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of unrighteousness. The tongue is set among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the entire course of life, and set on fire by hell.

Proverbs 6:14

with perverted heart devises evil, continually sowing discord;

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, who draw sin as with cart ropes,

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

Psalm 57:4

My soul is in the midst of lions; I lie down amid fiery beasts— the children of man, whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek it like silver and search for it as for hidden treasures,

2 Samuel 20:1

Now there happened to be there a worthless man, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. And he blew the trumpet and said, “We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor merely for fire, and nations weary themselves for nothing?

Proverbs 16:26

A worker’s appetite works for him; his mouth urges him on.

Proverbs 16:28

A dishonest man spreads strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks his eyes plans dishonest things; he who purses his lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.