Proverbs 6:17
Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
In Context
16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
18A heart devising thoughts of vanity — Feet hasting to run to evil —
Cross References
Deuteronomy 27:25'Cursed [is] he who is taking a bribe to smite a person, innocent blood, — and all the people have said, Amen.
2 Kings 24:4and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.
Psalms 5:7And I, in the abundance of Thy kindness, I enter Thy house, I bow myself toward Thy holy temple in Thy fear.
Psalms 18:27For Thou a poor people savest, And the eyes of the high causest to fall.
Psalms 73:6Therefore hath pride encircled them, Violence covereth them as a dress.
Psalms 120:2O Jehovah, deliver my soul from a lying lip, From a deceitful 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 →