27 A wicked man diggeth up evil, and in his lips is like [a]burning fire.

28 A froward person soweth strife: and a taleteller maketh division among princes.

29 A wicked man deceiveth his neighbor, and leadeth him into the way that is not good.

30 [b]He shutteth his eyes to devise wickedness: he moveth his lips, and bringeth evil to pass.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:27 For he consumeth himself and others.
  2. Proverbs 16:30 With his whole endeavor he laboreth to bring his wickedness to pass.

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