Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

An ungodly man

Bible References

An ungodly man

1 Samuel 25:17
Now therefore, know and consider what you should do, for evil is plotted against our master and against all his household; and he is such a worthless man that no one can speak to him.”
2 Samuel 20:1
Now a worthless fellow happened to be there whose name was Sheba, the son of Bichri, a Benjamite; and he blew the trumpet and said,
We have no portion in David,
Nor do we have inheritance in the son of Jesse;
Every man to his tents, O Israel!”

Diggeth

Proverbs 2:4
If you seek her as silver
And search for her as for hidden treasures;
Psalm 17:14
From men with Your hand, O Lord,
From men of the world, whose portion is in this life,
And whose belly You fill with Your treasure;
They are satisfied with children,
And leave their abundance to their babes.
Isaiah 5:18
Woe to those who drag iniquity with the cords of falsehood,
And sin as if with cart ropes;
Habakkuk 2:13
“Is it not indeed from the Lord of hosts
That peoples toil for fire,
And nations grow weary for nothing?

In

Psalm 52:2
Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.
Psalm 57:4
My soul is among lions;
I must lie among those who breathe forth fire,
Even the sons of men, whose teeth are spears and arrows
And their tongue a sharp sword.
James 3:6
And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.