Holy Scripture
Proverbs 16:27
A church father on this verse
“The wicked man digs up evil, etc. And the prophet says, They have labored to commit iniquity (Jeremiah IX). It can also specifically be understood about the heretic, who breaks up the most beautiful and flourishing fields of divine utterances with the harmful ploughshare of his tongue, to draw out from their inner par…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
27But the perverse bears destruction upon his own mouth: A foolish man digs up evil for himself, And treasures fire on his own lips.
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In context
25There are ways that seem to be right to a man, But the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
26A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.
— Proverbs 16:27 —
28A perverse man spreads mischief, And will kindle a torch of deceit with mischiefs; and he separates friends.
29A transgressor tries to ensnare friends, And leads them in ways that are not good.