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Proverbs 26:28
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A lying tongue hates those it crushes,and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Liars hate the people they hurt, and false praise can ruin others.
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters— they are out to get you.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel.
You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
A lying tongue hates the ones it crushes, and a flattering mouth works stumbling.
A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruine.
A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A fals tunge loueth not treuth; and a slidir mouth worchith fallyngis.
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a mouth that speaks false words destroys.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
lying: He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury; Proprium humani ingenii est, odisse quem leseris, says Tacitlus, and strange to say, in proportion to the innocence of the injured. John 8:40, John 8:44-49, John 10:32, John 10:33, John 15:22-24
a flattering: Proverbs 6:24, Proverbs 7:5, Proverbs 7:21-23, Proverbs 29:5, Luke 20:20, Luke 20:21
Reciprocal: Judges 16:6 - General 1 Samuel 24:9 - General 2 Samuel 14:20 - according 2 Chronicles 24:17 - the princes of Judah Psalms 55:21 - The words Proverbs 6:17 - lying Ezekiel 12:24 - General Daniel 11:32 - shall be Acts 24:2 - Seeing 1 Thessalonians 2:5 - used
Cross-References
Now I want you to make a promise to me. Promise to me before the Lord , the God of heaven and earth, that you will not allow my son to marry a girl from Canaan. We live among these people, but don't let him marry a Canaanite girl.
But if you go to my father's country, and they refuse to give you a wife for my son, you will be free from this promise.'
Isaac moved from there and dug another well. No one came to argue about this well. So Isaac named it Rehoboth. He said, "Now the Lord has found a place for us. We will grow and be successful in this place."
From there Isaac went to Beersheba.
Early the next morning each man made a promise and a vow. Then the men left in peace.
On that day Isaac's servants came and told him about the well they had dug. The servants said, "We found water in that well."
After Joseph was made the ruler over the house, the Lord blessed the house and everything that Potiphar owned. The Lord also blessed everything that grew in Potiphar's fields. The Lord did this because of Joseph.
Then the Lord said to Joshua, "Today I will begin to make you a great man for all the Israelites to see. Then the people will know that I am with you just as I was with Moses.
Solomon, the son of David, became a very strong king, because the Lord his God was with him and made him very great.
The Lord says, "Egypt and Ethiopia are rich, but, Israel, you will get those riches. The tall people from Seba will be yours. They will walk behind you with chains around their necks. They will bow down before you and ask you to pray for them and say, ‘The true God really is with you, and there is no other God.'"
Gill's Notes on the Bible
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it,.... That is, a man of a lying tongue, that is given to lying, hates those that are hurt and crushed by his lies; the reason why he hurts them with his lies is because he hates them; and, having hurt them, he hates them, being made his enemies, and from whom he may expect and be in fear of revenge: moreover, he hates those that are troubled at and disturbed with his lies; or the "contrite" p and humble men: or those who "smite" or "strike" q him, as some render the word, actively; that is, reprove him, and bring him to shame for lying. The words are by some translated, a "contrite" person, or everyone of "the contrite ones, hateth a lying tongue" r; such as are of a broken and of a contrite spirit, and that tremble at the word of God, or are hurt by lies, these abhor a liar. The Targum is,
"a lying tongue bates the ways of truth;''
and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, "a lying tongue hate truth"; and so the Vulgate Latin version, "a lying tongue loves not truth"; for nothing is more contrary to a lie than truth;
and a flattering mouth worketh ruin; both to itself and to the persons flattered by it: or, "makes an impulse" s; a pushing, a driving away; it drives away such as cannot bear its flatteries: and pushes on such that are taken with it, both into sin and into ruin.
p דכיו "contritos suos", Montanus, Michaelis. q "Percutientes", Gejerus. r "Linguam falsitatis odit quisque contritorum ejus", Cocceius Lexic. col. 158. "quisque contritorum ab ea", ibid. version. s מדחה "expulsionem", Pagninus, Montanus; "impulsum sive lapsum", Vatablus; "impulsionem", Tigurine version, Mercerus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus, Michaelis, Schultens.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The lying tongue hates its victims.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 26:28. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it — He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury he has done him; and, strange to tell, in proportion to the innocence of the oppressed. The debtor cannot bear the sight of his creditor; nor the knave, of him whom he has injured.
