Proverbs 16:27 (BSB)

A worthless man digs up evil, and his speech is like a scorching fire.

From Proverbs 16. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Proverbs 16:27

• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Proverbs 16:27-28: There are those that are not only vicious themselves, but spiteful and mischievous to others, and they are the worst of men; two sorts of such are here described: - 1. Such as envy a man the honour of his good name, and do all they can to blast that by calumnies and misrepresentations: They dig up evil; they take a great deal of pains...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Proverbs 16:27: A froward man soweth strife,.... Or "a man of perversenesses" (q); in whose heart is frowardness and perverseness; and whose mouth speaketh froward and perverse things, contrary to reason, law, and Gospel; and who has a spirit of contradiction, and is contrary to all men in his principles and practices; such a man sows discord and strife wherever he comes, in families, in neighbourhoods, in...
• Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (Reformed), Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible on Proverbs 16:27: ungodly man--(Compare Pro 6:12). diggeth up evil--labors for it. in his lips . . . fire--His words are calumniating (Jam 3:6).
• Geneva Bible Notes (Reformed), Geneva Bible Study Notes on Proverbs 16:27: An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips [there is] as a burning fire. (m) For he consumes himself and others.