“ An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. ”
The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they trea...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a (m) burning fire. (m) For he consumes himself and others.
Proverbs 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms ( Proverbs 16:10-15 ) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular...
An ungodly man . A man of Belial.
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. An ungodly man diggeth up evil - How will the following suit? Effodiuntur opes irritamenta malorum "Wealth, the incitem...
In his lips there is as a burning fire— See James 3:6 .
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. An ungodly man diggeth up evil - i:e., diggeth a pit to entrap in evil his victim ( Proverbs 26:27 ; Psalms 119:85...
1-9. God's control of human life.
Diggeth up evil. — Digs, as it were, a pit for others by his malicious plottings and slanders ( Psalms 7:15 ). In his lips there is as a burning fire. — “ Set on fire of hell” ( James 3:6 ).
CHAPTER 17 A JUST BALANCE "A just balance and scales are the Lord's: all the weights of the bag are His work."- Proverbs 16:11 "A false balance is an abomination to the Lord: but a just weight...
Verse Proverbs 16:1 . A somewhat obscure proverb which recognizes that man has to exercise his own reason in making his plans, but that he is dependent on the Lord for the answer of the tongue. Dr....
Better is a little with righteousness than great revenues without right. A man's heart deviseth his way: but the LORD directeth his steps. A divine sentence is in the lips of the king: his mouth tran...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil ,.... Or "a man of Belial" p, a worthless unprofitable man; a man without a yoke, not obedient to the law of God; such a man digs for sin as for a treasure; nor need h...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire. Ver. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, ] i.e., He ransacketh and raketh out of the dust, out of the dunghill, s...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil Invents or designs mischief to others, and prosecutes his evil designs with great and constant industry; in his lips is as a burning coal As his thoughts, so also h...
27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire. 28 A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends. There are those that are...
Diggeth up evil; inventeth or designeth mischief to others, and prosecuteth his evil designs with great and constant industry. In his lips there is as a burning fire; as his thoughts, so also his...
The Hard-Working Person, The Worthless Man, the Perverse Man And The Man Of Violence ( Proverbs 16:26-29 ). This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is repeated in each proverb...
CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 16:28 . A whisperer , i.e. , “a backbiter .” Proverbs 16:30 . Moving , or compressing , indicating resolution, or biting , indicative of scorn and malice. MAIN...
Proverbs 16:1 . The preparations of the heart in man. As the field must be plowed, and the soil prepared for the seeds, so the heart of man must be prepared for grace. Afflictions in Egypt dispose...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil. Digging up evil An ungodly man is “a son of Belial.” In the expression “diggeth up evil” two ideas may be included. I. Taking pains to devise it. We dig and s...
EXPOSITION Proverbs 16:1-20 These are specially religions maxims, and they all contain the name Jehovah. Proverbs 16:1 The Authorized Version makes one sentence of this verse without...
v. 27. An ungodly man diggeth up evil, his worthlessness causing him to dig pits for others; and in his lips there is as a burning fire, his words and statements are like a scorching fire or iron...
1 Samuel 25:17 ; 2 Samuel 20:1 ; Habakkuk 2:13 ; Isaiah 5:18 ; James 3:6 ; Proverbs 2:4 ; Psalms 17:14 ; Psalms 17:15 ; Psalms 52:2-4 ; Psalms 57:4
Diggeth up — Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips — His tongue is set on fire of hell.