Proverbs 6:17
The hautie eyes, a lying tongue, and the hands that shed innocent blood,
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
18An heart that imagineth wicked enterprises, feete that be swift in running to mischiefe,
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh a reward to put to death innocent blood: And all the people shall say: So be it.
2 Kings 24:4And for the innocent blood that he shed, (for he filled Ierusalem with innocent blood) therefore the Lord would not pardon it.
Psalms 5:7But I wil come into thine house in the multitude of thy mercie: and in thy feare will I worship toward thine holy Temple.
Psalms 18:27Thus thou wilt saue the poore people, and wilt cast downe the proude lookes.
Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is as a chayne vnto them, and crueltie couereth them as a garment.
Psalms 120:2Deliuer my soule, O Lord, from lying lippes, and from a deceitfull 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 →