Proverbs 6:17
New International Version
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

New Living Translation
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill the innocent,

English Standard Version
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Berean Standard Bible
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

King James Bible
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

New King James Version
A proud look, A lying tongue, Hands that shed innocent blood,

New American Standard Bible
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

NASB 1995
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

NASB 1977
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Legacy Standard Bible
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Amplified Bible
A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,

Christian Standard Bible
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

American Standard Version
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Lofty eyes and the false tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The eye of the haughty, a tongue unjust, hands shedding the blood of the just;

Contemporary English Version
Those who are too proud or tell lies or murder,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

English Revised Version
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;

GOD'S WORD® Translation
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,

International Standard Version
Arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, and hands shedding innocent blood;

JPS Tanakh 1917
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;

Literal Standard Version
High eyes, | False tongues, | And hands shedding innocent blood,

Majority Standard Bible
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

New American Bible
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

NET Bible
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

New Revised Standard Version
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

New Heart English Bible
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

Webster's Bible Translation
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood.

World English Bible
arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Young's Literal Translation
Eyes high -- tongues false -- And hands shedding innocent blood --

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Warnings Against Foolishness
16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: 17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, 18a heart that devises wicked schemes, feet that run swiftly to evil,…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 19:10
Thus 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.

Psalm 18:27
For You save an afflicted people, but You humble those with haughty eyes.

Psalm 31:18
May lying lips be silenced--lips that speak with arrogance against the righteous, full of pride and contempt.

Psalm 101:5
Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

Psalm 120:2
Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 1:16
For their feet run to evil, and they are swift to shed blood.

Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:


Treasury of Scripture

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

a proud look

Proverbs 30:13
There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.

Psalm 10:4
The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts.

Psalm 18:27
For thou wilt save the afflicted people; but wilt bring down high looks.

lying

Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Proverbs 14:5
A faithful witness will not lie: but a false witness will utter lies.

Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

and hands

Proverbs 1:11
If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:

Deuteronomy 27:25
Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.

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.

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(17) A proud look.--Hateful to God, because rendering men unfit to receive grace. Till they acknowledge their weakness, they will not seek for His strength, and without it they can make no progress in holiness. (Comp. 1Peter 5:5, and Christ's commendation of the "poor in spirit," Matthew 5:3.)

Verse 17. - The enumeration begins with pride. A proud look (Hebrew, eynayim ramoth); literally, haughty or lofty eyes, as in the margin; Vulgate, oculos sublimes; LXX., ὀφθάλμὸς ὑβριστοῦ. It is not merely the look which is meant, but the temper of mind which the look expresses (Wardlaw). The lofty look is the indication of the swelling pride which fills the heart, the mentis elatae tumor, the supreme disdain, grande supercilium, for everything and everybody. Pride is put first, because it is at the bottom of all disobedience and rebellion against God's laws. It is the very opposite of humility, which the apostle, in Ephesians 4:2, mentions as the basis, as it were, of all the virtues. All pride is intended, and the face of the Lord is against this pride. He "resisteth the proud;" he "knoweth them afar off;" he "hath respect unto the lowly;" he "will bring down high looks" (Psalm 18:27); he judgeth those that are high (Job 21:22). It is against this spirit that Job prays Jehovah "to behold every one that is proud, and abase him," and "to look upon every one that is proud, and bring him low" (Job 40:11, 12). The next thing in the enumeration is a lying tongue. Lying is hateful to God, because he is the God of truth. In a concise form the expression, "a lying tongue," represents what has been already said in vers. 12 and 13 of "the wicked man" who "walks with a froward mouth," and whose conduct is made up of deceit. Lying is the wilful perversion of truth, not only by speech, but by any means whatever whereby a false impression is conveyed to the mind. The liar "sticks not at any lies, flatteries, or calumnies" (Patrick). Lying is elsewhere denounced as the subject which excites the Divine displeasure (see Psalm 5:6; Psalm 120:3, 4; Hosea 4:1-3; Revelation 21:8, 27); and in the early Christian Church, in the case of Ananias and Sapphira, it was punished with death. On the subject of lying, see St. Augustine, 'Enchiridion,' c. 18, wherein he says, "Mihi autem videtur peccatum quidem esse omne mendacium." Every lie is a sin. The third thing is hands that shed innocent blood, i.e. a murderous and cruel disposition, which, rather than have its plans frustrated, will imbue the hands with innocent blood, i.e. the blood of those who have done it no injury. The Divine command is, "Thou shall do no murder," and those who break it will find, even if they escape man, that the Lord is "the avenger of blood," and that he "maketh inquisition" for it (cf. ch. 1. and 2, and Isaiah 59:7, which bear a close resemblance to this passage). That the shedding of innocent blood cues for vengeance, and pulls down God's heavy judgments on the murderer, appears in the case of Cain and Abel (Muffet).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
haughty
רָ֭מוֹת (rā·mō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 7311: To be high actively, to rise, raise

eyes,
עֵינַ֣יִם (‘ê·na·yim)
Noun - cd
Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain

a lying
שָׁ֑קֶר (šā·qer)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 8267: Deception, disappointment, falsehood

tongue,
לְשׁ֣וֹן (lə·šō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 3956: The tongue

hands
וְ֝יָדַ֗יִם (wə·yā·ḏa·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - fd
Strong's 3027: A hand

that shed
שֹׁפְכ֥וֹת (šō·p̄ə·ḵō·wṯ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - feminine plural
Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

innocent
נָקִֽי׃ (nā·qî)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5355: Clean, free from, exempt

blood,
דָּם־ (dām-)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1818: Blood, of man, an animal, the juice of the grape, bloodshed


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