Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
In Context
26He that labours labours for himself; for his mouth craves it of him.
28A perverse man sows strife: and a whisperer separates 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 a trumpet, and said, We have no part in David, neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: every man to his tents, O Israel.
Psalms 52:2The tongue devises evil; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 2:4If you seek her as silver, and search for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 6:14Perverseness is in his heart, he devises mischief continually; he sows discord.
Proverbs 19:28An ungodly witness scorns judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very 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 →