Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Proverbs 16:27
Diggeth up — Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips — His tongue is set on fire of hell.
Diggeth up — Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips — His tongue is set on fire of hell.
Verse Proverbs 16:27. _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....
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 treat....
CHAPTER 16 IN THE LIGHT OF THE LORD The name Jehovah (LORD) appears eleven times in this chapter of Proverbs. The Lord has the final word, for to man belong the preparations (or plans) of the heart; b...
PROVERBS 16. The special feature is a group of aphorisms (Proverbs 16:10) relating to kings. The sentiments seem rather to reflect the picture of the ideal king than to indicate any particular period....
AN UNGODLY MAN. A man of Belial....
_ungodly_ Rather, WORTHLESS, R.V. See Proverbs 6:12, note. _diggeth up_ This is the literal meaning of the word, but it is here used metaphorically of one who digs pits for his neighbour, as a hunter...
IN HIS LIPS THERE IS AS A BURNING FIRE— See James 3:6....
TEXT Proverbs 16:23-33 23. The heart of the wise instructeth his mouth, And addeth learning to his lips. 24. Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones. 25....
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 (; ; ). The ungodly indeed 'labour' ...
1-9. God's control of human life....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 16 The subject of the book now begins to change. In earlier Chapter s, the main subject is the difference between wise actions and evil action...
This evil man makes evil plans. He is dangerous. It is even dangerous to listen to this man. If you listen to his words, they are like a fire. His plans will destroy you. Do not even go near him!...
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)....
אִ֣ישׁ בְּ֭לִיַּעַל כֹּרֶ֣ה רָעָ֑ה וְ עַל־_שְׂ֝פָתֹ֗ו_†
CHAPTER 29 AN ASPECT OF ATONEMENT "He that hideth his transgressions shall not prosper; but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy."- Proverbs 28:13 "Happy is the man that feareth...
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 is H...
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. Per...
An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a (m) burning fire. (m) For he consumes himself and others....
_Diggeth. Earnestly pursues. --- Fire. James iii. 16. (Calmet)_...
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 trans...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
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 he g...
_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, suc...
_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 hi...
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, who...
AN UNGODLY MAN: _ Heb._ a man of Belial...
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 word...
Proverbs 16:27 ungodly H1100 man H376 up H3738 (H8802) evil H7451 lips H8193 burning H6867 fire H784...
THE HARD-WORKING PERSON, THE WORTHLESS MAN, THE PERVERSE MAN AND THE MAN OF VIOLENCE (PROVERBS 16:26). This subsection is based on the idea of ‘a man' (ish) which is repeated in each proverb apart fro...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The safest way in which to travel is the way of the upright, a way which God makes plain to those who desire to walk in it....
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 disposed t...
_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 search...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:10 The remaining sections of ch. Proverbs 16:1 illustrate the benefits of wisdom for the well-being of the heart (vv....
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 16:25 A WAY THAT SEEMS RIGHT... BUT. People often have the wrong idea about what is good and what is bad. Hunger seems a bad thing, but it forces people to work and keeps the...
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 HOMILETICS O...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 16:1 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 any contrast or a...
Shall we turn now to Proverbs 16:1-33, the sixteenth chapter and begin our study this evening. The preparations of the heart in man, and the answer of the tongue, is from the LORD (Proverbs 16:1). Go...
1 Samuel 25:17; 2 Samuel 20:1; Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 5:18; James 3:6;...