Proverbs 6:17
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
Psalms 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
Psalms 18:27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a 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 →