Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
18a heart that deviseth wicked imaginations; feet that are swift in running to mischief;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to smite mortally [shedding] innocent blood! And all the people shall say, Amen.
2 Kings 24:4and also [because of] the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah would not pardon.
Psalms 5:7But as for me, in the greatness of thy loving-kindness will I enter thy house; I will bow down toward the temple of thy holiness in thy fear.
Psalms 18:27For it is thou that savest the afflicted people; but the haughty eyes wilt thou bring down.
Psalms 73:6Therefore pride encompasseth them as a neck-chain, violence covereth them [as] a garment;
Psalms 120:2Jehovah, deliver my soul from the lying lip, from the deceitful tongue.
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 →