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Proverbs 26:24

Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while conniving against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don't believe him for a minute; he's just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Deceit;   Falsehood;   Hatred;   Hypocrisy;   The Topic Concordance - Deception;   Hate;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Deceit;   Hatred;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tongue;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Pardon;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Proverbs, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Greek Versions of Ot;   Proverbs, Book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deceit;   Feign;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
A hateful person disguises himself with his speechand harbors deceit within.
Hebrew Names Version
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart.
King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
English Standard Version
Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
New American Standard Bible
One who hates disguises it with his lips, But he harbors deceit in his heart.
New Century Version
Those who hate you may try to fool you with their words, but in their minds they are planning evil.
Amplified Bible
He who hates, disguises it with his lips, But he stores up deceit in his heart.
World English Bible
A malicious man disguises himself with his lips, But he harbors evil in his heart.
Geneva Bible (1587)
He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
Legacy Standard Bible
He who hates disguises it with his lips,But he sets up deceit within himself.
Berean Standard Bible
A hateful man disguises himself with his speech, but he lays up deceit in his heart.
Contemporary English Version
The pleasant talk of an enemy hides more evil plans
Complete Jewish Bible
He who hates may hide it with his speech; but inside, he harbors deceit.
Darby Translation
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
Easy-to-Read Version
Evil people say things to make themselves look good, but they keep their evil plans a secret.
George Lamsa Translation
He who hates is known by his own speech; in his heart he entertains deceit;
Good News Translation
A hypocrite hides hate behind flattering words.
Lexham English Bible
On his lips, an enemy will pretend, but inside he will harbor deceit.
Literal Translation
He who hates, dissembles with his lips, for he lays up deceit in his inner being;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
An enemie dyssembleth with his lippes, and in the meane season he ymagineth myschefe:
American Standard Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips; But he layeth up deceit within him:
Bible in Basic English
With his lips the hater makes things seem what they are not, but deceit is stored up inside him;
JPS Old Testament (1917)
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him.
King James Version (1611)
Hee that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth vp deceit within him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.
English Revised Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, but he layeth up deceit within him:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
An enemy is vndirstondun bi hise lippis, whanne he tretith giles in the herte.
Update Bible Version
He that hates dissembles with his lips; But he lays up deceit inside him:
Webster's Bible Translation
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
New English Translation
The one who hates others disguises it with his lips, but he stores up deceit within him.
New King James Version
He who hates, disguises it with his lips, And lays up deceit within himself;
New Living Translation
People may cover their hatred with pleasant words, but they're deceiving you.
New Life Bible
He who hates covers it up with his lips, but stores up false ways in his heart.
New Revised Standard
An enemy dissembles in speaking while harboring deceit within;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
With his lips, the hater dissembleth, but, within himself, he layeth up deceit:
Douay-Rheims Bible
An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
Revised Standard Version
He who hates, dissembles with his lips and harbors deceit in his heart;
Young's Literal Translation
By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He who hates disguises it with his lips, But he lays up deceit in his heart.

Contextual Overview

24Your enemy shakes hands and greets you like an old friend, all the while conniving against you. When he speaks warmly to you, don't believe him for a minute; he's just waiting for the chance to rip you off. No matter how cunningly he conceals his malice, eventually his evil will be exposed in public.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

dissembleth: or, is known

deceit: Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 12:5, Proverbs 12:17, Proverbs 12:20, Proverbs 14:8

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:8 - talked Genesis 34:13 - deceitfully Genesis 49:7 - Cursed Leviticus 19:17 - hate Numbers 35:20 - if he thrust 1 Samuel 18:21 - a snare 1 Samuel 19:6 - sware 1 Samuel 24:22 - David and 2 Samuel 13:20 - but hold 2 Samuel 13:22 - hated 2 Samuel 13:27 - Absalom 2 Samuel 20:9 - Art thou Nehemiah 6:2 - Come Nehemiah 6:7 - Come now Psalms 41:6 - speaketh Psalms 55:21 - The words Proverbs 10:18 - that hideth Proverbs 29:5 - that Jeremiah 9:4 - ye heed Jeremiah 9:8 - one Jeremiah 11:14 - pray Matthew 2:8 - that Ephesians 4:31 - with 1 John 3:15 - hateth

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After all these things, this word of God came to Abram in a vision: "Don't be afraid, Abram. I'm your shield. Your reward will be grand!"
Genesis 22:19
Then Abraham went back to his young servants. They got things together and returned to Beersheba. Abraham settled down in Beersheba.
Genesis 26:1
There was a famine in the land, as bad as the famine during the time of Abraham. And Isaac went down to Abimelech, king of the Philistines, in Gerar.
Genesis 26:2
God appeared to him and said, "Don't go down to Egypt; stay where I tell you. Stay here in this land and I'll be with you and bless you. I'm giving you and your children all these lands, fulfilling the oath that I swore to your father Abraham. I'll make your descendants as many as the stars in the sky and give them all these lands. All the nations of the Earth will get a blessing for themselves through your descendants. And why? Because Abraham obeyed my summons and kept my charge—my commands, my guidelines, my teachings."
Genesis 28:13
Then God was right before him, saying, "I am God , the God of Abraham your father and the God of Isaac. I'm giving the ground on which you are sleeping to you and to your descendants. Your descendants will be as the dust of the Earth; they'll stretch from west to east and from north to south. All the families of the Earth will bless themselves in you and your descendants. Yes. I'll stay with you, I'll protect you wherever you go, and I'll bring you back to this very ground. I'll stick with you until I've done everything I promised you."
Exodus 3:6
Then he said, "I am the God of your father: The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, the God of Jacob." Moses hid his face, afraid to look at God.
Isaiah 12:2
"Yes, indeed—God is my salvation. I trust, I won't be afraid. God —yes God !—is my strength and song, best of all, my salvation!"
Isaiah 51:7
"Listen now, you who know right from wrong, you who hold my teaching inside you: Pay no attention to insults, and when mocked don't let it get you down. Those insults and mockeries are moth-eaten, from brains that are termite-ridden, But my setting-things-right lasts, my salvation goes on and on and on."
Isaiah 51:12
"I, I'm the One comforting you. What are you afraid of—or who? Some man or woman who'll soon be dead? Some poor wretch destined for dust? You've forgotten me, God , who made you, who unfurled the skies, who founded the earth. And here you are, quaking like an aspen before the tantrums of a tyrant who thinks he can kick down the world. But what will come of the tantrums? The victims will be released before you know it. They're not going to die. They're not even going to go hungry. For I am God , your very own God, who stirs up the sea and whips up the waves, named God -of-the-Angel-Armies. I teach you how to talk, word by word, and personally watch over you, Even while I'm unfurling the skies, setting earth on solid foundations, and greeting Zion: ‘Welcome, my people!'"

Gill's Notes on the Bible

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,.... He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as he would; he pretends a great deal of friendship with his lips, that his hatred might not be known; he would be thought to be a friend, when he is really an enemy; he does not choose as yet to make himself known what he is. Some render it to a sense the reverse, "the enemy", or "he that hateth, is known by his lips" l; so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions: if you carefully watch him, mark his words, and observe what he says, you will find out the hatred that lies in his heart; he cannot forbear saying something, at one time or another, which betrays the malignity of his mind;

and layeth up deceit within him; or, "though m he layeth up", c. hides it as much as he can, yet it will show itself in some way or another.

l ינכר "agnoscetur", Montanus, Vatablus "cognoscetur", Tigurine version; "cognoscitur", Amama, so Luther. m ו "quamvis", Luther. apud Gejerus, Baynus.


 
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