Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
18a heart that devises the most wicked thoughts, feet running swiftly unto evil,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he who accepts gifts in order to strike down the life of innocent blood. And all the people shall say: Amen.
2 Kings 24:4and because of the innocent blood which he shed, and because he filled Jerusalem with the slaughter of the innocent. And for this reason, the Lord was not willing to be appeased.
Psalms 5:7You hate all who work iniquity. You will destroy all who speak a lie. The bloody and deceitful man, the Lord will abominate.
Psalms 73:6they have cut down the entrances themselves. With axe and hatchet, they have brought it down.
Psalms 120:2My help is from the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 6:13-20
The Seven Abominations. 12 A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. 13 He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; 14 Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. 15 Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. 16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: 17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 An heart that… Read the whole commentary →