Proverbs 26:28

Proverbs 26:28 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
• New International Version (NIV)A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
• English Standard Version (ESV)A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
• New King James Version (NKJV)A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Context of Proverbs 26:28

26Though his hatred is concealed by deception, his evil will be revealed in the assembly. 27The one who digs a pit will fall into it, and whoever rolls a stone — it will come back on him. A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 word by word

לְֽשׁוֹן־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א דַכָּ֑יו וּפֶ֥ה חָ֝לָ֗ק יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה מִדְחֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• A lyingשֶׁ֫קֶרsheqer · deceptionH8267
• tongueלָשׁוֹןlâshôn lâshôn leshônâh · tongueH3956
• hatethשָׂנֵאώânê' · to hateH8130
• afflictedדַּךְdak · crushedH1790
• by it; and a flatteringחָלָקchâlâq · smoothH2509
• mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• workethעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• ruinמִדְחֶהmidcheh · ruinH4072

Cross-references for Proverbs 26:28

• John 8:40But now you are trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham did not do this.
• John 10:32Jesus replied, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?”
• John 15:22If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now they have no excuse for their sin.
• Proverbs 6:24They will protect you from an evil woman, from the flattering tongue of a wayward woman.
• Proverbs 7:5She will keep you from a forbidden woman, a wayward woman with her flattering talk.
• Proverbs 29:5A person who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
• Luke 20:20They watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so that they could catch him in what he said, to hand him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

Commentaries on Proverbs 26:28

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 28A 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.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 28The lying tongue hates its victims.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 28Verse 28 There are two sorts of lies equally detestable. A slandering lie, the mischief of this every body sees. A flattering lie, which secretly works ruin. A wise man will be more afraid of a flatterer than of a slanderer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2828. Men hate those they injure. A lying tongue--"lips" for the persons (compare Pr 4:24; Psa 12:3).Read the comment

Topics related to Proverbs 26:28

• Falsehood
• Flattery
• Speaking

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Proverbs 26

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings