Proverbs 6:17 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

Navigate

Chapter 6

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35

¹⁷A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 6:17 —

My Notes

Notes are saved on this device.

← Proverbs 6:16 Proverbs 6:18 →

Original word meaning

— of 8

Tap any underlined word in the verse to see its original meaning.

Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 120:2-3
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue. …
Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Isaiah 1:15
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.
Psalms 101:5
Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.
Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.

Topics

Abomination Ambition Anger Arrogance Avenger of Blood Children Commandments Conceit

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 12-19)

Solomon here gives us, I. The characters of one that is mischievous to man and dangerous to be dealt with. If the slothful are to be condemned, that do nothing, much more those that do ill, and contrive to do all the ill they can. It is a naughty person that is here spoken of, Heb. A man of Belial; I think it should have been so translated, because it is a term often used in scripture, and this is…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 17)

16-19. six ... seven--a mode of speaking to arrest attention (Pr 30:15, 18; Job 5:19).