Proverbs 16:27
World English Bible (WEB)
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
In context
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 every translation
- WEB World English Bible
- A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
- KJV King James Version
- An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
- ASV American Standard Version
- A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips — as a burning fire.
- DBY Darby Translation
- A man of Belial diggeth up evil, and on his lips there is as a scorching fire.
- WBS Webster Bible
- An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.