Matthew Henry · Verses 27–28
Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character!
Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
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WEBBE
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
BSB
A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
KJV
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.
ASV
A worthless man deviseth mischief; And in his lips there is as a scorching fire.
BBE
A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
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