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Proverbs 6:17

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

KJV

oculos sublimes, linguam mendacem, manus effundentes innoxium sanguinem,

Vulgate

ὀφθαλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ, γλῶσσα ἄδικος, χεῖρες ἐκχέουσαι αἷμα δικαίου,

LXX

Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

ASV

עֵינַ֣יִם רָ֭מוֹת לְשׁ֣וֹן שָׁ֑קֶר וְ֝/יָדַ֗יִם שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת דָּם נָקִֽי

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

וֹ
v
noun · 356×
וֹ
v
noun · 1620×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
ם
m
noun · 116×
נָקִ֔י
nqy
adjective · 42×
רָ֖ם
rm
verb · 189×
שְׁפָךְ
shpk
verb · 115×
שָֽׁקֶר
shqr
noun · 110×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Pet 5:5 — Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
  • 2Kgs 24:4 — And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
  • Deut 19:10 — That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
  • Deut 19:10 — That innocent blood be not shed in thy land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance, and so blood be upon thee.
  • Deut 27:25 — Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
  • Eph 4:25 — Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
  • Hos 4:1 — Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
  • Isa 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.
  • Isa 2:11 — The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.
  • Isa 3:9 — The shew 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 rewarded evil unto themselves.
  • Isa 3:16 — Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Isa 59:3 — For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.
  • Isa 59:7 — Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.
  • Jer 26:15 — But know ye for certain, that if ye put me to death, ye shall surely bring innocent blood upon yourselves, and upon this city, and upon the inhabitants thereof: for of a truth the LORD hath sent me un
  • John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he
  • Prov 1:11 — If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
  • Prov 12:22 — Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
  • Prov 13:5 — A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
  • Prov 14:5 — A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.
  • Prov 17:7 — Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
  • Prov 21:4 — An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
  • Prov 21:4 — An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
  • Prov 26:28 — A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
  • Prov 30:13 — There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Prov 30:13 — There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
  • Ps 5:6 — Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
  • Ps 10:4 — The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.
  • Ps 18:27 — For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.
  • Ps 31:18 — Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.
  • Ps 73:6 — Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
  • Ps 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.
  • Ps 109:2 — For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of the deceitful are opened against me: they have spoken against me with a lying tongue.
  • Ps 120:2 — Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, and from a deceitful tongue.
  • Ps 131:1 — Lord, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.
  • Ps 140:11 — Let not an evil speaker be established in the earth: evil shall hunt the violent man to overthrow him.
  • Rev 22:15 — For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.