Proverbs 6:17
Proverbs · Old Testament · Chapter 6
“A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,”Proverbs 6:17
What Does Proverbs 6:17 Mean?
Proverbs 6:17 is found in the book of Proverbs, chapter 6, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Self-Control.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Proverbs 6:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Psalms 120:2“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.”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.”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 5:6“Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.”Proverbs 21:4“An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.”Deuteronomy 27:25“Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.”Proverbs 26:28“A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”Isaiah 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.”Isaiah 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.”Proverbs 30:13“There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.”Hosea 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.”Deuteronomy 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.”2 Kings 24:4“And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.”Psalms 18:27“For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.”Psalms 31:18“Let the lying lips be put to silence; which speak grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous.”Psalms 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.”Proverbs 14:5“A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.”Isaiah 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:”Isaiah 59:3“For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue hath muttered perverseness.”
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