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Proverbs 26:28

A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Falsehood;   Flattery;   Speaking;   Thompson Chain Reference - Commendation-Reproof;   Flattery;   The Topic Concordance - Lying/lies;   Speech/communication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Hatred;   Lying;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Lie, Lying;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Tongue;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Obedience (2);  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Ruin;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Flattery;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Hebrew Names Version
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
English Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New American Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Century Version
Liars hate the people they hurt, and false praise can ruin others.
Amplified Bible
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
World English Bible
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Legacy Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes,And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Berean Standard Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Contemporary English Version
Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters— they are out to get you.
Complete Jewish Bible
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Darby Translation
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Easy-to-Read Version
Liars hate the people they hurt, and false praise can hurt people.
George Lamsa Translation
A lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel.
Good News Translation
You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin.
Lexham English Bible
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Literal Translation
A lying tongue hates the ones it crushes, and a flattering mouth works stumbling.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
A dyssemblynge tonge hateth one that rebuketh him, and a flaterige mouth worketh myschefe.
American Standard Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Bible in Basic English
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
King James Version (1611)
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruine.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.
English Revised Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
A fals tunge loueth not treuth; and a slidir mouth worchith fallyngis.
Update Bible Version
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded; And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Webster's Bible Translation
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
New English Translation
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
New King James Version
A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.
New Living Translation
A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin.
New Life Bible
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a mouth that speaks false words destroys.
New Revised Standard
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
Douay-Rheims Bible
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
Revised Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Young's Literal Translation
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
THE MESSAGE
Liars hate their victims; flatterers sabotage trust.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Contextual Overview

28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

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

Genesis 24:3
And I will make thee sweare by ye Lorde God of the heauen, and God of the earth, that thou shalt not take a wife vnto my sonne of the daughters of the Canaanites among who I dwel.
Genesis 24:41
Then shalt thou be discharged of mine othe, when thou commest to my kinred: and if they giue thee not one, thou shalt be free from mine othe.
Genesis 26:22
Then he remoued thence, and digged an other well, for the which they stroue not: therefore called hee the name of it Rehoboth, and sayde, Because the Lorde hath nowe made vs roome, we shall increase vpon the earth.
Genesis 26:23
So he went vp thence to Beer-sheba.
Genesis 26:31
And they rose vp betimes in the morning, and sware one to another: then Izhak let them go, and they departed from him in peace.
Genesis 26:32
And that same day Izhaks seruantes came and tolde him of a well, which they had digged, and said vnto him, We haue found water.
Genesis 39:5
And from that time that he had made him ruler ouer his house and ouer all that he had, the Lorde blessed the Egyptians house for Iosephs sake: and the blessing of the Lorde was vpon all that he had in the house, and in the fielde.
Joshua 3:7
Then the Lorde saide vnto Ioshua, This day will I begin to magnifie thee in the sight of all Israel, which shall knowe, that as I was with Moses, so will I be with thee.
2 Chronicles 1:1
Then Salomon the sonne of Dauid was confirmed in his kingdome: and the Lord his God was with him, and magnified him highly.
Isaiah 45:14
Thus sayth the Lorde, The labour of Egypt, and the marchandise of Ethiopia, and of the Sabeans, men of stature shall come vnto thee, and they shall be thine: they shall followe thee, and shall goe in chaines: they shall fall downe before thee, and make supplication vnto thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, and there is none other God besides.

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.


 
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