Proverbs 16:27
A worthless man devises mischief. His speech is like a scorching fire.
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- James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire. The world of iniquity among our members is the tongue, which defiles the whole body, and sets on fire the course of nature, and is set on fire by Gehenna.
- Proverbs 6:14 in whose heart is perverseness, who devises evil continually, who always sows discord.
- 1 Samuel 25:17 Now therefore know and consider what you will do; for evil is determined against our master and against all his house, for he is such a worthless fellow that one can’t speak to him.”