Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips — as a burning fire.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
In Context
26A labouring man hath laboured for himself, For his mouth hath caused [him] to bend over it.
28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.
Cross References
2 Samuel 20:1And there hath been called there a man of worthlessness, and his name [is] Sheba, son of Bichri, a Benjamite, and he bloweth with a trumpet, and saith, 'We have no portion in David, and we have no inheritance in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel.'
Psalms 52:2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
Proverbs 2:4If thou dost seek her as silver, And as hid treasures searchest for her,
Proverbs 6:14Frowardness [is] in his heart, devising evil at all times, Contentions he sendeth forth.
Proverbs 19:28A worthless witness scorneth judgment, And the mouth of the wicked swalloweth iniquity.
Habakkuk 2:13Lo, is it not from Jehovah of Hosts And peoples are fatigued for fire, And nations for vanity are weary?
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 →