Proverbs 26:28

¶ A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

A lying {H8267} tongue {H3956} hateth {H8130} those that are afflicted {H1790} by it; and a flattering {H2509} mouth {H6310} worketh {H6213} ruin {H4072}.

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

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Cross-References

  • John 8:44 (5 votes)

    Ye are of [your] father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

  • John 8:49 (5 votes)

    Jesus answered, I have not a devil; but I honour my Father, and ye do dishonour me.

  • John 10:32 (4 votes)

    Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?

  • John 10:33 (4 votes)

    The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.

  • Proverbs 7:21 (4 votes)

    With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.

  • Proverbs 7:23 (4 votes)

    Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it [is] for his life.

  • Proverbs 6:24 (4 votes)

    To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.