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Proverbs 16:27 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 16 · verse 27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.Proverbs 16:27 · King James Version
Proverbs 16:27 in context
25There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.
27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
28A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- ungodlybᵉlîyaʻalwithout profit, worthlessnessH1100 →
- burningtsârebethconflagrationH6867 →
- evilraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- lipssâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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There are those that are not only vicious themselves, but spiteful and mischievous to others, and they are the worst of men; two sorts of such are here described: - 1. Such as envy a man the honour of his good name, and do all they can to blast that by calumnies and misrepresentations: They dig up evil;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 27-28