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Read Full Chapter (Proverbs 16) Proverbs 16:27 KJV
"An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire."
Proverbs Chapter 16, Verse 27
Proverbs 16:27 in Context (Verses 24–30 KJV)
24
Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
25
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
26
He that laboureth laboureth for himself; for his mouth craveth it of him.**
27
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.*
28
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.*
29
A violent man enticeth his neighbour, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.
30
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.