Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 26 connects to 10 cross-references. Proverbs on fools, sluggards, and quarrelsome people: as snow in summer and rain in harvest, so honor is not fitting for a fool. The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who can answer sensibly. Like a …
Other Translations
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Cross References
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is …
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words.
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of …
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of …
If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but …
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke …
The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, …