THEOSISProverbs 16:27Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְעַל־שפתיו שְׂ֝פָת֗וֹ כְּאֵ֣שׁ צָרָֽבֶת׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Jas 3:6And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity. The tongue is placed among our members, which defileth the whole body and inflameth the wheel of our nativity, being set on fire by hell.
- Prov 6:14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
- 1 Sam 25:17Wherefore consider, and think what thou hast to do: for evil is determined against thy husband, and against thy house, and he is a son of Belial, so that no man can speak to him.
- Ps 52 (51):2
- Ps 52 (51):4
- Isa 5:18Woe to you that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as the rope of a cart.
- Ps 57 (56):4
- Ps 17 (16):14