Proverbs 16:27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
Webster Bible
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 laboreth laboreth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
28A froward man soweth 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 Benjaminite: 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 52:2Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
Proverbs 2:4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord.
Proverbs 19:28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:13Behold, is it not from the LORD of hosts that the people shall labor 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 →