Proverbs 6:17

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Summary

Proverbs 6:17

A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

A proud look

Lying

And hands

Isaiah 59:3

General references

Deuteronomy 19:10

Proverbs 30:13

Bible References

A proud look

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.

The wicked, in the pride of his countenance,'saith , He will not require it . All his thoughts are, There is no God.

For thou wilt save the afflicted people; But the haughty eyes thou wilt bring down.

Therefore pride is as a chain about their neck; Violence covereth them as a garment.

Whoso privily slandereth his neighbor, him will I destroy: Him that hath a high look and a proud heart will I not suffer.

Jehovah, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty; Neither do I exercise myself in great matters, Or in things too wonderful for me.

The lofty looks of man shall be brought low, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and Jehovah alone shall be exalted in that day.

The show of their countenance doth witness against them; and they declare their sin as Sodom, they hide it not. Woe unto their soul! for they have done evil unto themselves.

Likewise, ye younger, be subject unto the elder. Yea, all of you gird yourselves with humility, to serve one another: for God resisteth the proud, but giveth grace to the humble.

Lying

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

A faithful witness will not lie; But a false witness uttereth lies.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, And from a deceitful tongue.

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father it is your will to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof.

Without are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.

And hands

If they say, Come with us, Let us lay wait for blood; Let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause;

Cursed be he that taketh a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you; yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.

For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.

General references

that innocent blood be not shed in the midst of thy land, which Jehovah thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.

There is a generation, oh how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.