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NASB					Prov 16:27 A ^Aworthless¹¹⁰⁰ man³⁷⁶ digs^3738a up evil^7463a, While⁵⁹²¹ ¹his words⁸¹⁹³ are like ^Bscorching^6866b fire⁷⁸⁴.
AMPLIFIED 2015					Prov 16:27 A worthless man devises and digs up evil, And the words on his lips are like a scorching fire.

NASB Translator's Notes:
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Lit on his lips

NASB Cross References:
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Prov 6:12 ¶ A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

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.

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376

ish (35d); from an unused word; man:--adulteress*(1), all(1), another(2), any(6), any man(21), any man's(4), any one(3), anyone(16), anyone*(1), archers*(1), Benjamite*(3), certain(6), champion*(2), counselor*(1), counselors*(1), deserve(1), each(148), each had another(1), each his man(1), each man(1), each man(37), each man's(3), each one(37), each one by another(1), each person(1), each*(5), eloquent*(1), every(1), every man(38), every man's(7), every one(8), everyone(16), everyone*(3), expert(1), farming*(1), father*(1), fellow(3), fellows(2), friend*(1), friends*(1), high*(1), himself(1), hunter*(1), husband(65), husband's(1), husbands(4), idiot*(1), Ishi(1), keepers(2), liar*(1), male(2), man(746), man against another(1), man of each(1), man the men(1), man your husband(1), man's(21), man's are the men(1), manchild(1), mankind*(1), marry*(1), marrying*(1), men(669), men at one(1), men's(1), men*(1), no*(1), none*(10), one(89), one of men(1), one's(1), oppressor*(1), ordinary(1), own(1), people(3), person(5), persons(2), prime(1), rank(1), respective(1), sailors*(1), slanderer*(1), soldiers(1), soldiers*(3), some(8), son*(1), steward*(1), swordsmen*(1), this one(1), this one and that one(1), those(1), those who(3), tiller*(1), together*(1), traders*(2), tradition*(1), traveler*(1), troop(1), warriors(3), whoever*(3).

784

esh (77b); a prim. root; a fire:--blazing(1), burned*(1), burning(1), burning coals(1), fiery(1), fire(362), fires(2), flame(1), flaming(3), flashing(1), man(1).

1100

beliyyaal (116a); from 1097 and 3276; worthlessness:--base(1), destruction(1), rascally(1), scoundrels*(1), ungodliness(1), wicked(3), worthless(18), worthless one(1).

3738a

karah (500a); a prim. root; to dig:--cut(1), digs(3), dug(9), opened(1).

5921

al (752c); from 5927; upon, above, over:--about(27), about*(1), above(43), above*(16), accordance(2), accordance*(1), according(40), according*(2), account(11), account*(2), across*(1), addition(4), addition*(1), afflicted(1), after(14), after*(1), against(536), against*(1), along(11), alongside*(1), although(1), among(7), around(11), attention*(1), because(82), because*(49), before(10), before*(19), behalf(18), behind*(2), beside(47), beside*(6), besides(5), besiege*(1), besieged*(13), besieging(1), besieging*(5), better than(1), between(1), beyond(3), beyond*(1), bordered*(1), care(1), carried(1), charge(31), charge*(1), command(1), committed(1), concerning(97), concerning*(5), confront(1), confront*(1), connection(1), conquer*(1), consider*(3), considered*(2), contrary(1), corresponding(2), corresponding*(1), crowns(1), defiance*(1), despite(1), due(1), duty(1), east*(7), encouragingly*(2), engaged(1), even(1), everywhere*(1), faces*(1), facing*(1), far(2), forsaking*(1), full*(1), fully*(1), have charge(1), inasmuch*(5), instead*(1), leave*(1), length*(1), more than(2), much(1), named*(1), near(4), next(9), next*(13), now*(1), obliging*(1), off(6), off*(5), opposed(1), opposite(1), opposite*(4), ornamented*(1), over(538), over*(6), overflowing*(1), overflows*(1), overlooks*(3), part(1), planned*(1), pleased*(1), pleases*(2), presence(2), pressed*(1), prompts*(1), reason(2), reason*(6), received(1), regard(3), regarding(1), respect(1), responsibility(1), ruthlessly*(1), sake(4), sake*(1), sakes(2), settled*(1), since*(1), so(1), so*(2), sorrow(1), spite(2), steward*(4), surround*(1), sworn*(1), task(1), than(1), than were over(1), theirs*(1), therefore*(139), thereon(1), through(3), throughout(3), together(3), too(3), top(1), top*(2), toward(20), toward*(5), under(12), until(1), upright*(2), upside*(1), urged*(1), view(1), way(1), when(1), where(1), where*(5), wherever*(2), while(1), why*(10), within(13), within*(1), wore(1).

6866b

tsarab (863a); from 6866a; burning, scorching:--scorching(1).

7463a

raah (949a); from the same as 7455; evil, misery, distress, injury:--adversities(1), adversity(7), afflictions(1), calamities(1), calamity(47), disaster(22), discomfort(1), distress(2), distresses(1), evil(112), evil deeds(1), evildoer*(1), evildoing(1), evils(5), great wickedness(1), harm(19), hurt(5), ill(1), injure(2), injury(1), misery(2), misfortune(6), misfortunes(1), pain(1), situation(1), sorrow(1), trouble(9), troubles(1), very*(1), wicked(3), wicked deeds(1), wickedly(1), wickedness(39), woe(1), wretchedness(1), wrong(4), wrongdoing(1).

8193

saphah (973c); from an unused word; lip, speech, edge:--babbling(2), bank(10), binding(2), brim(9), edge(17), empty(2), gossip*(1), language(6), lip(1), lip service(1), lips(100), mere(1), seashore*(7), shore(1), speech(12), talk(1), talkative(1), words(2).

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