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).”

“The four verses speak of the same thing, and the well-known opprobrious name, the “man of Belial,” stands at the head as stigmatizing the man who delights in causing the mischief of which they treat. Diggeth up evil - i. e., Digs an evil pit for others to fall into. Compare Psalms 7:15. Proverbs 16:30 The physiognomy of the man of Belial, the half-closed eyes that never look you straight in the face, the restlessness or cunning of which biting the lips is the surest indication. Compare Proverbs 6:13. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Diggeth up - Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips - His tongue is set on fire of hell. Proverbs 16:30”

“16:27-29 Scoundrels, a troublemaker, and violent people all disrupt relationships, creating trouble with their harmful actions.”

“An ungodly man: Heb. a man of Belial, Sa1 25:17; Sa2 20:1 diggeth: Pro 2:4; Psa 17:14, Psa 17:15; Isa 5:18; Hab 2:13 in: Psa 52:2-4, Psa 57:4; Jam 3:6 Proverbs 16:28”

“27 A worthless man diggeth evil; And on his lips is, as it were, scorching fire. Regarding אישׁ בּליּעל, vid., Pro 6:12, and regarding כּרה, to dig round, or to bore out, vid., at Gen 49:5; Gen 50:5; here the figure, "to dig for others a pit," Pro 26:27, Psa 7:16, etc.: to dig evil is equivalent to, to seek to prepare such for others. צרבת Kimchi rightly explains as a form similar to קשּׁבת; as a subst. it means, Lev 13:23, the mark of fire (the healed mark of a carbuncle), here as an adj. of a fire, although not flaming (אשׁ להבה, Isa 4:5, etc.); yet so much the hotter, and scorching everything that comes near to it (from צרב, to be scorched, cogn. שׁרב, to which also שׂרף is perhaps…”