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Proverbs · Chapter 16

Proverbs 16:27

A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

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Before · Proverbs 16:25–26

25There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death. 26The appetite of the laboring man labors for him, for his mouth urges him on.

27A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.

After · Proverbs 16:28–29

28A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. 29A man of violence entices his neighbor, and leads him in a way that is not good.

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