Verse 28

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his steps.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be sincere, so that they might trap him in something he said and hand him over to the authority and jurisdiction of the governor. 21 So they questioned him, saying, 'Teacher, we know that you speak and teach rightly and that you do not show partiality but teach the way of God in truth.
  • John 8:40 : 40 But 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 8:44-49 : 44 You are from your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and does not stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies. 45 But because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Who among you can convict me of sin? If I am telling the truth, why don’t you believe me? 47 The one who is from God listens to God’s words. This is why you do not listen, because you are not from God. 48 The Jews responded to him, "Aren’t we right in saying that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I do not have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
  • John 10:32-33 : 32 Jesus answered them, 'I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these works are you stoning me?' 33 The Jews answered him, 'We are not stoning you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim to be God.'
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 Whoever hates me also hates my Father. 24 If I had not done the works among them that no one else did, they would not be guilty of sin. But now they have seen these works, and yet they have hated both me and my Father.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 They will keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the foreign woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 With her abundant persuasion, she entices him; with her smooth talk, she compels him. 22 He follows her all at once, like an ox going to slaughter, or like a fool to the correction of shackles. 23 Until an arrow pierces his liver, like a bird rushing into a trap, not realizing it will cost him his life.