Proverbs 16:27

God's Word

A worthless person plots trouble, and his speech is like a burning fire.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

A good-for-nothing man by the name of Sheba, Bichri’s son, from the tribe of Benjamin happened to be at Gilgal. He blew a ram’s horn ⌞to announce⌟, “We have no share in David’s kingdom. We won’t receive an inheritance from Jesse’s son. Everyone to his own tent, Israel!”

Psalm 57:4

My soul is surrounded by lions. I must lie down with man-eating lions. Their teeth are spears and arrows. Their tongues are sharp swords.

Proverbs 16:26

A laborer’s appetite works to his advantage, because his hunger drives him on.

Proverbs 16:28

A devious person spreads quarrels. A gossip separates the closest of friends.

Proverbs 16:30

Whoever winks his eye is plotting something devious. Whoever bites his lips has finished his evil work.

Proverbs 19:28

A worthless witness mocks justice, and the mouths of wicked people swallow up trouble.

Proverbs 2:4

if you search for wisdom as if it were money and hunt for it as if it were hidden treasure,

Proverbs 6:12

A good-for-nothing scoundrel is a person who has a dishonest mouth.

Proverbs 6:14

He devises evil all the time with a twisted mind. He spreads conflict.

Isaiah 5:18

How horrible it will be for those who string people along with lies and empty promises, whose lives are sinful.

Habakkuk 2:13

Isn’t it from the Lord of Armies that people grow tired only to feed the flames and nations exhaust themselves for nothing?

James 3:6

The tongue is that kind of flame. It is a world of evil among the parts of our bodies, and it completely contaminates our bodies. The tongue sets our lives on fire, and is itself set on fire from hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now, consider what you should do because our master and his whole household are doomed. And he’s such a worthless man that it’s useless to talk to him.”