Proverbs 16:27 - Tree of Life Version

²⁷ A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and on his lips is a scorching fire.

Tuilleadh leaganacha

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: And in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ A worthless man devises and digs up mischief, and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

Common English Bible

²⁷ Worthless people dig up trouble; their lips are like a scorching fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The impious man digs up evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

Proverbs 16:27 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 20:1

Now a worthless fellow happened to be there, a Benjamite named Sheba son of Bichri. He blew the shofar and said, “We have no portion in David, no inheritance in the son of Jesse! Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Psalm 57:4

He will send from heaven and save me. He rebukes the one trampling on me. Selah God is sending His mercy and His truth.

Proverbs 16:26

A laborer’s appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger drives him on.

Proverbs 16:28

A perverse person sows strife, and a gossip separates close friends.

Proverbs 16:30

One who winks his eyes schemes deceit, one who purses his lips is bent on evil.

Proverbs 19:28

A crooked witness scorns justice, and a wicked mouth devours iniquity.

Proverbs 2:4

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

Proverbs 6:12

A scoundrel, a wicked man, is one who goes around with a perverse mouth,

Proverbs 6:14

who continually plots evil with deceit in his heart stirring up strife.

Isaiah 5:18

Oy to those that drag iniquity along with cords of deceit, and sin as if with a cart rope!

Habakkuk 2:13

Behold, is it not from Adonai-Tzva’ot that peoples toil to fuel a fire, and nations exhaust themselves for emptiness?

James 3:6

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue is a world of evil placed among our body parts. It pollutes the whole body and sets on fire the course of life—and is set on fire by Gehenna.

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. But he is such a worthless fellow that no one can speak to him.”