Proverbs 16:27

Modern English Version

An ungodly man digs up evil; in his speech is a scorching fire.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

There happened to be a worthless man there whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. He sounded the trumpet and said, “We have no share in David, nor do we have an inheritance in the son of Jesse; every man to his tents, O Israel.”

Psalm 57:4

My soul is among lions; I lie among the sons of men who are set on fire, whose teeth are spears and arrows, and their tongue a sharp sword.

Proverbs 16:26

The appetite of a laborer works for him; his hunger urges him on.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:30

He winks his eyes to plot perverse things; pursing his lips, he brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 19:28

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

Proverbs 2:4

if you seek her as silver and search for her as for hidden treasures,

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.

Proverbs 6:14

perverseness is in his heart, he devises evil continually, he sows discord.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood and sin as if with a cart rope,

Habakkuk 2:13

Is it not from the Lord of Hosts that the people labor to feed fire, and the nations weary themselves for nothing?

James 3:6

The tongue is a fire, a world of evil. The tongue is among the parts of the body, defiling the whole body, and setting the course of nature on fire, and it is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know and consider what you will do, for evil is determined against our master and against all his household. He is such a worthless man that one cannot speak to him.”