27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.


In Context

24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

25 There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.

26 The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.

27 A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.

29 A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

Proverbs 16:27 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:27A scoundrel plots evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:27The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:27A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:27A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:27A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:27An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips — as a burning fire.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:27An ungodly man digs up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.