Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
In Context
26The appetite of the labouring man laboureth for him; for his mouth craveth it of him.
28A froward man scattereth abroad strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:1And there happened to be there a man of Belial, whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite: and he blew the trumpet, and said, We have no portion in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Psalms 52:2Thy tongue deviseth very wickedness; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 2:4If thou seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth evil continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 19:28A worthless witness mocketh at judgment: and the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the peoples labour for the fire, and the nations weary themselves for vanity?
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 →