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Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:27 · New Heart English Bible
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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 a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
30 One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.
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