Proverbs 6:17
The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, 1 Hands shedding the blood of the just; 1
Updated 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, 1 And he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul. 1
18And a heart devising evil thoughts, 1 And feet hastening to do evil— are hateful to God. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed is he whosoever shall have taken a bribe to 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 pardon it.
Psalms 5:7Thou wilt destroy all that speak falsehood: 1 The Lord abhors the bloody and deceitful man. 1
Psalms 73:6They cut down its doors at once with axes as in a wood of trees; 1 They have broken it down with hatchet and stone cutter. 1
Psalms 120:2My help shall come from the Lord, 1 Who made the heaven and the earth. 1
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 →