Proverbs 26:28
26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
- KJV
- A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- WEB
- A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
- ASV
- A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- DARBY
- A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
- BLB
- A tongue of deceit hates its oppressed ones, and a smooth mouth causes ruin.
- ÅB
- En løgnaktig tunge hater dem som den har knust, og en falsk munn volder fall.
[^1]: de. den første den beste - OTB
- En svikefull tunge forakter dem den skader, og en smigrende munn fører til undergang.
- B1930
- En løgnaktig tunge hater dem som den har knust, og en falsk munn volder fall.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 8:44–49
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.
Read in contextLuke 20:20–21
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Read in contextProverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Read in contextProverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Read in contextJohn 10:32–33
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?
Read in contextProverbs 7:21–23
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
Read in contextProverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
Read in contextJohn 8:40
But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
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