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 are those--how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!

In the pride of his face the wicked does not seek him; all his thoughts are, "There is no God."

For you save a humble people, but the haughty eyes you bring down.

Therefore pride is their necklace; violence covers them as a garment.

Whoever slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.

O LORD, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me.

The haughty looks of man shall be brought low, and the lofty pride of men shall be humbled, and the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.

For the look on their faces bears witness against them; they proclaim their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! For they have brought evil on themselves.

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for "God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble."

Lying

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.

A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies.

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

You destroy those who speak lies; the LORD abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

Deliver me, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

You are of your father the devil, and your will is to do your father's desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, and has nothing to do with the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks out of his own character, for he is a liar and the father of lies.

Outside are the dogs and sorcerers and the sexually immoral and murderers and idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

And hands

If they say, "Come with us, let us lie in wait for blood; let us ambush the innocent without reason;

"'Cursed be anyone who takes a bribe to shed innocent blood.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

When you spread out your hands, I will hide my eyes from you; even though you make many prayers, I will not listen; 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 mutters wickedness.

General references

lest innocent blood be shed in your land that the LORD your God is giving you for an inheritance, and so the guilt of bloodshed be upon you.

There are those--how lofty are their eyes, how high their eyelids lift!