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Proverbs 16:27

World English Bible

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

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Proverbs 16:27 in other translations

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

Proverbs 16:27 · American Standard Version

Proverbs 16:27 in context

  1. 25There is a way which seems right to a man,
    but in the end it leads to death.
  2. 26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him;
    for his mouth urges him on.
  3. 27A worthless man devises mischief.
    His speech is like a scorching fire.
  4. 28A perverse man stirs up strife.
    A whisperer separates close friends.
  5. 29A man of violence entices his neighbor,
    and leads him in a way that is not good.