Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 16:27
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Berean Standard Bible
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
King James Version
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
World English Bible
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
American Standard Version
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 16
25 There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.
26 A worker’s appetite works for him because his hunger drives him onward.
27 A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
28 A perverse man spreads dissension, and a gossip divides close friends.
29 A violent man entices his neighbor and leads him down a path that is not good.
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