Bible verse
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Proverbs 16:27 · BSB
The verses around it, from Proverbs 16.
23 The heart of the wise man instructs his mouth and adds persuasiveness to his lips.
24 Pleasant words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
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.
30 He who winks his eye devises perversity; he who purses his lips is bent on evil.
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
KJV
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire.
ASV
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
ERV
A worthless man deviseth mischief: and in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
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