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Proverbs 16:27

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27yA worthless man plots evil,

and his speech4 is like za scorching fire.

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Footnotes

  1. 4Hebrew what is on his lips

Cross references

  1. y[ch. 6:12, 14, 19]
  2. zJames 3:6

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A scoundrel plots evil,

and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A worthless person digs up evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

NLTNew Living Translation

Scoundrels create trouble;

their words are a destructive blaze.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A man of wickedness concocts evil,

and his lips are like a scorching fire.

KJV 1900King James Version

An ungodly man diggeth up evil:

And in his lips there is as a burning fire.