World English Bible
"A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire."
— Proverbs 16:27, World English 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 wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander 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 a honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.
There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
The appetite of the laboring man labors for him; for his mouth urges him on.
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends.
A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.
One who winks his eyes to plot perversities, one who compresses his lips, is bent on evil.