Proverbs 16:27

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

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

Cross References

2 Samuel 20:1

Now there happened to be there a worthless fellow, 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!”

Psalm 57:4

I lie in the midst of lions that greedily devour the sons of men; their teeth are spears and arrows, their tongues sharp swords.

Proverbs 16:26

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

Proverbs 16:28

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

Proverbs 16:30

He who winks his eyes plans perverse things, he who compresses his lips brings evil to pass.

Proverbs 19:28

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

Proverbs 2:4

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

Proverbs 6:12

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

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,

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from the Lord of hosts that peoples labor only for fire, and nations weary themselves for naught?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is an unrighteous world among our members, staining the whole body, setting on fire the cycle of nature, and set on fire by hell.

1 Samuel 25:17

Now therefore know this and consider what you should do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, and he is so ill-natured that one cannot speak to him.”