Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
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an ungodly man a man of Belial

1 Samuel 25:17
Now consider carefully what you must do, because disaster looms over our master and all his household. For he is such a scoundrel that nobody can speak to him!"

2 Samuel 20:1
Now a worthless man named Sheba son of Bichri, a Benjamite, happened to be there, and he blew the ram's horn and shouted: "We have no share in David, no inheritance in Jesse's son. Every man to his tent, O Israel!"

diggeth

Proverbs 2:4
if you seek it like silver and search it out like hidden treasure,

Psalm 17:14, 15
from such men, O LORD, by Your hand, from men of the world whose portion is in this life. You fill their bellies with Your treasure and satisfy their sons; so they leave their abundance to their children. . . .

Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of deceit and pull sin along with cart ropes,

Habakkuk 2:13
Is it not indeed from the LORD of Hosts that the labor of the people only feeds the fire, and nations weary themselves in vain?

in

Psalm 52:2-4
Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. . . .

Psalm 57:4
My soul is among the lions; I lie down with ravenous beasts whose teeth are spears and arrows, whose tongues are sharp swords.

James 3:6
The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, While his words are like scorching fire.

King James Bible
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

International Standard Version
A worthless person concocts evil gossip — his lips are like a burning fire.

NET Bible
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
An evil man forges evil and fire burns from his mouth.
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