Proverbs 16:27

New King James Version

An ungodly man digs up evil, And it is on his lips like a burning fire.

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

And there happened to be there a rebel, whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjamite. And he blew a trumpet, and said: “We have no share in David, Nor do we have 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 person who labors, labors for himself, For his hungry mouth drives him on.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse man sows strife, And a whisperer separates the best of friends.

Proverbs 16:30

He winks his eye to devise perverse things; He purses his lips and brings about evil.

Proverbs 19:28

A disreputable witness scorns 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

Perversity is in his heart, He devises evil continually, He sows discord.

Isaiah 5:18

Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, And sin as if with a cart rope;

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not of the Lord of hosts That the peoples labor to feed the fire, And nations weary themselves in vain?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is so set among our members that it defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore, know and consider what you will do, for harm is determined against our master and against all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that one cannot speak to him.”