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Selected Verse: Proverbs 16:27 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Pr 16:27 |
Strong Concordance |
An ungodly [01100] man [0376] diggeth up [03738] evil [07451]: and in his lips [08193] there is as a burning [06867] fire [0784]. |
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King James |
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
ungodly man--(Compare Pro 6:12).
diggeth up evil--labors for it.
in his lips . . . fire--His words are calumniating (Jam 3:6). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the "man of Belial," stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat.
Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psa 7:15.
Pro 16:30
The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting the lips is the surest indication. Compare Pro 6:13. |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
27 A worthless man diggeth evil;
And on his lips is, as it were, scorching fire.
Regarding אישׁ בּליּעל, vid., Pro 6:12, and regarding כּרה, to dig round, or to bore out, vid., at Gen 49:5; Gen 50:5; here the figure, "to dig for others a pit," Pro 26:27, Psa 7:16, etc.: to dig evil is equivalent to, to seek to prepare such for others. צרבת Kimchi rightly explains as a form similar to קשּׁבת; as a subst. it means, Lev 13:23, the mark of fire (the healed mark of a carbuncle), here as an adj. of a fire, although not flaming (אשׁ להבה, Isa 4:5, etc.); yet so much the hotter, and scorching everything that comes near to it (from צרב, to be scorched, cogn. שׁרב, to which also שׂרף is perhaps related as a stronger power, like comburere to adurere). The meaning is clear: a worthless man, i.e., a man whose disposition and conduct are the direct contrast of usefulness and piety, uses words which, like an iron glowing hot, scorches and burns; his tongue is φλογιζομένη ὑπὸ τῆς γεέννης (Jam 3:6). |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Diggeth up - Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips - His tongue is set on fire of hell. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
An ungodly man diggeth up evil - How will the following suit?
Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum
"Wealth, the incitement to all evil, is digged up out the earth."
A wicked man labors as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones.
In his lips - a burning fire - His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbors, as fire is in igniting dry stubble. |
6 And [2532] the tongue [1100] is a fire [4442], a world [2889] of iniquity [93]: so [3779] is [2525] the tongue [1100] among [1722] our [2257] members [3196], that it defileth [4695] the whole [3650] body [4983], and [2532] setteth on fire [5394] the course [5164] of nature [1078]; and [2532] it is set on fire [5394] of [5259] hell [1067].
12 A naughty [01100] person [0120], a wicked [0205] man [0376], walketh [01980] with a froward [06143] mouth [06310].
13 He winketh [07169] with his eyes [05869], he speaketh [04448] with his feet [07272], he teacheth [03384] with his fingers [0676];
30 He shutteth [06095] his eyes [05869] to devise [02803] froward things [08419]: moving [07169] his lips [08193] he bringeth [03615] evil [07451] to pass [03615].
15 He made [03738] a pit [0953], and digged [02658] it, and is fallen [05307] into the ditch [07845] which he made [06466].
6 And [2532] the tongue [1100] is a fire [4442], a world [2889] of iniquity [93]: so [3779] is [2525] the tongue [1100] among [1722] our [2257] members [3196], that it defileth [4695] the whole [3650] body [4983], and [2532] setteth on fire [5394] the course [5164] of nature [1078]; and [2532] it is set on fire [5394] of [5259] hell [1067].
5 And the LORD [03068] will create [01254] upon every dwelling place [04349] of mount [02022] Zion [06726], and upon her assemblies [04744], a cloud [06051] and smoke [06227] by day [03119], and the shining [05051] of a flaming [03852] fire [0784] by night [03915]: for upon all the glory [03519] shall be a defence [02646].
23 But if the bright spot [0934] stay [05975] in his place, and spread [06581] not, it is a burning [06867] boil [07822]; and the priest [03548] shall pronounce him clean [02891].
16 His mischief [05999] shall return [07725] upon his own head [07218], and his violent [02555] dealing shall come down [03381] upon his own pate [06936].
27 Whoso diggeth [03738] a pit [07845] shall fall [05307] therein: and he that rolleth [01556] a stone [068], it will return [07725] upon him.
5 My father [01] made me swear [07650], saying [0559], Lo [02009], I die [04191]: in my grave [06913] which I have digged [03738] for me in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], there shalt thou bury me [06912]. Now therefore let me go up [05927], I pray thee, and bury [06912] my father [01], and I will come again [07725].
5 Simeon [08095] and Levi [03878] are brethren [0251]; instruments [03627] of cruelty [02555] are in their habitations [04380].
12 A naughty [01100] person [0120], a wicked [0205] man [0376], walketh [01980] with a froward [06143] mouth [06310].