Proverbs 16:27
A worthless person digs up mischief 1 and his speech is like a scorching fire. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
In Context
26The laborer's appetite works for him; 1 his hunger urges him on. 1
28A perverse person stirs up conflict 1 and a gossip separates close friends. 1
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:1There also happened to be at the same place a troublemaker whose name was Sheba son of Bikri, a Benjamite. He blew the trumpet and said, “We have no part in David, neither have we any inheritance in the son of Jesse. Let every man go back to his home, Israel.”
Psalms 52:2Your tongue plans destruction 1 like a sharp razor, working deceitfully. 1
Proverbs 2:4if you seek it like you would seek silver 1 and search for understanding as you would seek hidden treasures, 1
Proverbs 6:14He plots evil with deceit in his heart; 1 he always stirs up discord. 1
Proverbs 19:28A corrupt witness mocks justice 1 and the mouth of the wicked swallows iniquity. 1
Habakkuk 2:13Is it not from Yahweh of hosts 2 that peoples labor for fire and all the other nations weary themselves for nothing? 2
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 →