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The Malicious Man

12 A worthless person,(A) a wicked man
goes around speaking dishonestly,(B)

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28 A worthless witness mocks justice,
and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.(A)

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23 Smooth[a] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed[a] among our members. It stains the whole body,(A) sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or places itself, or appoints itself