| Geneva Study Bible An ungodly man diggeth up evil: and in his lips there is as a {m} burning fire. (m) For he consumes himself and others. Wesley's Notes 16:27 Diggeth up - Prosecutes his evil designs with great industry. His lips - His tongue is set on fire of hell. King James Translators' Notes An...: Heb. A man of Belial Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary 27. ungodly man-(Compare Pr 6:12). diggeth up evil-labors for it. in his lips . fire-His words are calumniating (Jas 3:6). Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary 16:27,28. Ungodly men bestow more pains to do mischief than would be needful to do good. The whisperer separates friends: what a hateful, but how common a character! 29,30. Some do all the mischief they can by force and violence, and are blind to the result. 31. Old people especially should be found in the way of religion and godliness. 32. To overcome our own passions, requires more steady management, than obtaining victory over an enemy. 33. All the disposal of Providence concerning our affairs, we must look upon to be the determining what we referred to God; and we must be reconciled to them accordingly. Blessed are those that give themselves up to the will of God; for he knows what is good for them. | 
