Proverbs 6:17
The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
18and a heart devising evil thoughts, and feet hastening to do evil,— are hateful to God.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to + 27:25 Gr. to smite the life of innocent blood.slay an innocent man: and all the people shall say, So be it.
2 Kings 24:4Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not + 24:4 Gr. be propitiated.pardon it.
Psalms 5:7Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: the Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man.
Psalms 73:6they cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; they have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter.
Psalms 120:2My help shall come from the Lord, who made the heaven and the 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 →