NET Bible
"A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire."
— Proverbs 16:27, NET Bible
“An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.”
“A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire. ”
“A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.”
“The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.”
“A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.”
“An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.”
Pleasant words are like a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.
There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death.
A laborer’s appetite has labored for him, for his hunger has pressed him to work.
A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.
A perverse person spreads dissension, and a gossip separates the closest friends.
A violent person entices his neighbor, and then leads him down a path that is terrible.
The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips has accomplished evil.