Proverbs 6:17

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“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,”

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BSBPD

“haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
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“Eyes high--tongues false--And hands shedding innocent blood--”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Proverbs 6:17 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 19:10Thus innocent blood will not be shed in the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance, so that you will not be guilty of bloodshed.
  2. Deuteronomy 27:25‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  3. 2 Kings 21:16Moreover, Manasseh shed so much innocent blood that he filled Jerusalem from end to end, in addition to the sin that he had caused Judah to commit, doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  4. 2 Kings 24:4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
  5. Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
  6. Psalms 5:7But I will enter Your house by the abundance of Your loving devotion; in reverence I will bow down toward Your holy temple.
  7. Psalms 10:4In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.
  8. Psalms 18:27For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.
  9. Psalms 31:18May lying lips be silenced— lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.
  10. Psalms 73:6Therefore pride is their necklace; a garment of violence covers them.
  11. Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
  12. Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.
  13. Psalms 131:1My heart is not proud, O LORD, my eyes are not haughty. I do not aspire to great things or matters too lofty for me.
  14. Proverbs 1:11If they say, “Come along, let us lie in wait for blood, let us ambush the innocent without cause,
  15. Proverbs 12:22Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
  16. Proverbs 14:5An honest witness does not deceive, but a dishonest witness pours forth lies.
  17. Proverbs 16:5Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.
  18. Proverbs 17:7Eloquent words are unfit for a fool; how much worse are lying lips to a ruler!
  19. Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
  20. Proverbs 26:28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
  21. Proverbs 30:13There is a generation—how haughty are their eyes and pretentious are their glances—
  22. Isaiah 1:15When you spread out your hands in prayer, I will hide My eyes from you; even though you multiply your prayers, I will not listen. Your hands are covered with blood.
  23. Isaiah 2:11The proud look of man will be humbled, and the loftiness of men brought low; the LORD alone will be exalted in that day.
  24. Isaiah 3:9The expression on their faces testifies against them, and like Sodom they flaunt their sin; they do not conceal it. Woe to them, for they have brought disaster upon themselves.

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