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Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:27 · American Standard Version
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Proverbs 16:27 in other translations
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
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In context
24 Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, But the end thereof are the ways of death.
26 The appetite of the laboring man laboreth for him; For his mouth urgeth him thereto.
27 A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man scattereth abroad strife; And a whisperer separateth chief friends.
29 A man of violence enticeth his neighbor, And leadeth him in a way that is not good.
30 He that shutteth his eyes, it is to devise perverse things: He that compresseth his lips bringeth evil to pass.
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