27A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.
Focused Passage
Proverbs 16:27
The LORD Weighs the Heart: Sovereignty, Humility, Justice, and the Wise Path
The chapter moves from the LORD's sovereignty over plans and motives, to justice in royal rule, to the superiority of wisdom and humility, to gracious speech and the warning against self-deceived paths, to destructive speech and violent companionship, and finally to patience, self-control, and the LORD's final governance.
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Verse 27
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A worthlessבְּ֭לִיַּעַלH1100Noun - masculine singularmanאִ֣ישׁH376Noun - masculine singular constructdigs upכֹּרֶ֣הH3738Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularevilרָעָ֑הH7451Adjective - feminine singularvvvוְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand his speechשְׂפָתָיוH8193Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularis like a scorchingצָרָֽבֶת׃H6867Adjective - feminine singularfireכְּאֵ֣שׁH784Preposition-k | Noun - common singular
BSB notes
- Or and what is on his lips