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Proverbs 16:27–28

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27yA worthless man plots evil,

and his speech4 is like za scorching fire.

28aA dishonest man spreads strife,

and ba whisperer cseparates close friends.

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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
  3. aSee ch. 15:18
  4. b[ch. 18:8; 26:20, 22]
  5. cch. 17:9

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

A scoundrel plots evil,

and on their lips it is like a scorching fire.

A perverse person stirs up conflict,

and a gossip separates close friends.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A worthless person digs up evil,

and his speech is like a scorching fire.

A contrary person spreads conflict,

and a gossip separates close friends.

NLTNew Living Translation

Scoundrels create trouble;

their words are a destructive blaze.

A troublemaker plants seeds of strife;

gossip separates the best of friends.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A man of wickedness concocts evil,

and his lips are like a scorching fire.

A person of perversity will spread dissent,

and he who whispers separates a close friend.

KJV 1900King James Version

An ungodly man diggeth up evil:

And in his lips there is as a burning fire.

A froward man soweth strife:

And a whisperer separateth chief friends.