Proverbs 16:27 Cross References - LEB

²⁷ A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips are like a scorching fire.

¹⁷ And so then, know and _⌊consider_⌋* what you should do, for evil has been decided against our master and against all his household, and he is such _⌊a wicked man_⌋,* _⌊nobody can reason with him_⌋!"*

¹ Now a man of wickedness was found there whose name was Sheba the son of Bichri, a Benjaminite. He blew the horn and said, "There is no share for us in David, and there is no inheritance for us in the son of Jesse; each to his tents, O Israel!"

¹⁴ from men by your hand, O Yahweh, from men of this world. Their share is in _⌊this life_⌋,* and you fill their stomach with your treasure. They are satisfied with children. They bequeath their excess to their children. ¹⁵ By contrast, I in righteousness shall see your face. Upon awakening I will be satisfied seeing your form.

² Your tongue plans destruction, like a sharp razor, working deceit. ³ You love evil more than good, a lie more than speaking _⌊what is right_⌋.* Selah ⁴ You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue,

⁴ My soul is among lions. I lie down among those who devour— the children* of humankind whose teeth are spears and arrows and whose tongues are sharp swords.

⁴ if you seek her like silver and search her out _⌊like treasure_⌋,*

¹² A worthless man, an evil man, goes around with _⌊deceitful speech_⌋.*

¹⁴ perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.*

¹⁸ Ah! Those who drag iniquity along with the cords of falsehood and sin as with rope of the cart,

¹³ Look! Is it not from Yahweh of hosts that people labor for mere fire, and nations exhaust themselves for mere vanity?

⁶ And the tongue is a fire! The world of unrighteousness,* the tongue, is set among our members, defiling the whole body and setting on fire _⌊the course of human existence_⌋*, being set on fire by hell.