Proverbs 16:27
The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
In Context
26The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.
28A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Seba, the son of Bochri, a man of Jemini: and he sounded the trumpet, and said: We have no part in David, nor inheritance in the son of Isai: return to thy dwellings, O Israel.
Psalms 52:2when Doeg the Edomite came and told Saul David went to the house of Achimelech
Proverbs 2:4If thou shalt seek her as money, and shalt dig for her as for a treasure:
Proverbs 6:14With a wicked heart he deviseth evil, and at all times he soweth discord.
Proverbs 19:28An unjust witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:13Are not these things from the Lord of hosts? for the people shall labour in a great fire: and the nations in vain, and they shall faint.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 16:27
26 He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him. This is designed to engage us to diligence, and quicken us, what our hand finds to do, to do it with all our might, both in our worldly business and in the work of religion; for in the original it is, The soul that labours labours for itself. It is heart-work which is here intended, the labour of the soul, which is here recommended to us, 1. As that which will be absolutely needful. Our mouth is continually craving it of us; the… Read the whole commentary →