Proverbs 16:27 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Bible Comments

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 incitement to all evil, is digged up out the earth."

A wicked man labors as much to bring about an evil purpose, as the quarryman does to dig up stones.

In his lips - a burning fire - His words are as inflammable, in producing strife and contention among his neighbors, as fire is in igniting dry stubble.

Proverbs 16:27

27 An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a burning fire.