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Proverbs 26:28
28If you tell lies, it shows that you hate other people. If you deceive people with sweet words, you will destroy them.
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
26He may not seem to hate people, but he is telling lies. In a public meeting, everyone will recognize his sins. 27If a man digs a deep hole as a trap, he will fall into it himself. If a man pushes a stone to fall on someone, it will fall back on him. If you tell lies, it shows that you hate other people. If you deceive people with sweet words, you will destroy them.
Read all of Proverbs 26Proverbs 26:28 word by word
לְֽשׁוֹן־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א דַכָּ֑יו וּפֶ֥ה חָ֝לָ֗ק יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה מִדְחֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 26:28
- John 8:40I have told you the true message that I have heard from God. But you want to kill me. Abraham did not do anything like that!
- John 10:32Jesus said to them, ‘I have done many good things. The Father sent me to do them, and I have shown them to you. Which of those good things make you want to kill me with stones?’
- John 15:22I have come and I have spoken my message to them. If I had not done that, they would not have been guilty of their sin. But now they cannot say, “We have not done anything wrong.”
- Proverbs 6:24They will keep you safe from any bad woman, so that the sweet words of an adulteress will not deceive you.
- Proverbs 7:5If you do that, it will keep you safe from sin. You will not agree to sleep with an adulteress or a prostitute when she speaks sweet words to you.
- Proverbs 29:5If you always praise your friends with sweet words, that will be a trap that you walk into yourself.
- Luke 20:20So this is what they did to catch Jesus. They sent people to ask him difficult questions. These people pretended to be honest, but they wanted to deceive Jesus. They wanted to make him say something wrong. Then they would take him to the ruler of the city to punish him.
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
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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
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