Proverbs 6:17 Cross References - ISV

¹⁷ Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;

¹⁰ You must not shed innocent blood on your land that the LORD your God is about to give you as an inheritance. Otherwise, you’ll be guilty of murder.”

²⁵ “‘Cursed is one who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.“Then all the people are to respond by saying, ‘Amen!’

⁴ as well as for the innocent blood that he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not forgive them.

⁶ You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.

⁴ With haughty arrogance, the wicked thinks, “God will not seek justice.” He always presumes “There is no God.”

²⁷ Indeed, you deliver the oppressed, but you bring down those who exalt themselves in their own eyes.

¹⁸ Let the lying lips be made still, especially those who speak arrogantly against the righteous with pride and contempt.

⁶ Therefore pride is their necklace and violence covers them like a garment. ⁷ Their eyes bulge from obesity and the imaginations of their mind cross the border into sin. ⁸ In their mockery they speak evil; from their arrogant position they speak oppression.

⁵ I will destroy the one who secretly slanders a friend. I will not allow the proud and haughty to prevail.

² “LORD, deliver me from lips that lie and tongues that deceive.” ³ What will be given to you, and what will be done to you, you treacherous tongue?

¹ A Davidic Song of Ascents
Hope in the LORD LORD, my heart is not arrogant, nor do I look haughty. I do not aspire to great things, nor concern myself with things beyond my ability.

¹¹ If they say, “Come with us! Let’s lie in wait for blood; let’s ambush some innocent person for no reason at all.

²² Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

⁵ A trustworthy witness does not deceive, but a false witness spews lies.

⁷ Appropriate speech is inconsistent with the fool; how much more are deceitful statements with a prince!

⁴ A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

¹³ Some people—what an arrogant look they have!— raise their eyebrows haughtily.

¹⁵ When you spread out your hands in prayer, I’ll hide my eyes from you. Even though you pray repeatedly, I won’t listen. Your hands are full of blood, your fingers drenched with iniquity.”

¹¹ The haughty looks of mankind will be brought low, the lofty pride of human beings will be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted at that time.

⁹ “The expressions on their faces give them away. They parade their sin around like Sodom; they don’t even try to hide it. How horrible it will be for them, because they have brought disaster on themselves!”

¹⁶ Judgment of Jerusalem’s WomenThe LORD also says: “Because Zion’s women are so haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, flirting with their eyes, prancing along as they walk, and making tinkling noises with their ankle bracelets,

³ For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your tongue mutters wickedness. ⁴ No one brings a lawsuit fairly, and no one goes to law honestly; they have relied on empty arguments and they tell lies; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity. ⁵ They hatch adders’ eggs and weave a spider’s web; whoever eats their eggs dies, and any crushed egg hatches out futility. ⁶ Their cobwebs cannot become clothing, they cannot cover themselves with what they make. Their deeds are deeds of iniquity, and acts of violence fill their hands. ⁷ Their feet rush to evil, and they are quick to shed innocent blood. Their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; ruin, destruction, and violence are in their paths.

¹ God Accuses Israel “Hear this message from the LORD, people of Israel. Indeed, the LORD brings a charge against the people who live in the land— for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land. ² Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.

⁴⁴ You belong to your father the devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

⁵ Be Humble and AlertIn a similar way, you young people must submit to the elders. All of you must clothe yourselves with humility for the sake of each other, because: “God opposes the arrogant, but gives grace to the humble.”

¹⁵ Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.