Proverbs 26:28

Bishops' Bible (1568)

A lying tongue hateth the afflicted: and a flattering mouth worketh mischiefe.

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  • Prov 29:5 : 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched hym, & sent foorth spyes, which shoulde fayne them selues ryghteous men, to take hym in his wordes, and to delyuer hym vnto the power and aucthoritie of the deputie. 21 And they asked him, saying: Maister, we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght, neither considerest thou the outwarde appearaunce of any man, but teachest the way of God truely:
  • John 8:40 : 40 But now ye go about to kyll me, a ma that hath tolde you the trueth, which I haue heard of god: this did not Abraha.
  • John 8:44-49 : 44 Ye are of your father the deuyll, and the lustes of your father wyll ye do. He was a murtherer from the begynnyng, and abode not in the trueth: because there is no trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye, he speaketh of his owne: For he is a lyer, and the father of the same thyng. 45 And because I tel you the trueth, therfore ye beleue me not. 46 Which of you rebuketh me of sinne? Yf I say the trueth, why do not ye beleue me? 47 He that is of god, heareth gods wordes. Ye therfore heare the not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then aunswered the Iewes, & saide vnto hym: Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast the deuyl? 49 Iesus aunswered, I haue not the deuyll: but I honour my father, and ye haue dishonoured me.
  • John 10:32-33 : 32 Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me? 33 The Iewes aunswered hym, saying: For thy good workes sake we stone thee not, but for thy blasphemie, and because that thou beyng a man, makest thy selfe God.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde haue had no sinne: but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall. 23 He that hateth me, hateth my father also. 24 Yf I had not done among them, the workes which none other man dyd, they shoulde haue had no sinne. But nowe haue they both seene, and hated not only me, but also my father,
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 That they may kepe thee from the euyll woman, and from the flattering tongue of the straunge woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may kepe thee from the straunge woman, and from the forraine woman which geueth sweete wordes.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 Thus with many sweete wordes she ouercame him, and with her flattering lippes she entised hym. 22 Sodainly he folowed her, as it were an oxe led to the slaughter, and lyke as it were a foole that laugheth when he goeth to the stockes to be punished, 23 So long tyll she had wounded his lyuer with her dart: lyke as if a byrde hasted to the snare, not knowing that the perill of his life lieth thervpon.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:26-27
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    26 Hatred maye be couered by deceipt: but the malice therof shalbe shewed before the whole congregation.

    27 Who so diggeth vp a pit, shal fall therin: and he that rolleth vp a stone, it wyl returne vpon hym.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4 A wicked body geueth heede to false lippes, and a lyer geueth eare to a deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6 To hoorde vp riches with a deceiptfull tongue, is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    22 A talebearers wordes are lyke men that strike with hammers, and they pearse the inwarde partes of the body.

    23 Burning lippes and a wicked heart, are like a potsharde couered with siluer drosse.

    24 An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18 He that hydeth hatred with lying lippes, and he that speaketh slaunder, is a foole.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.

    3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes: and the tongue that speaketh great thinges.

  • Prov 17:20
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    20 Who so hath a frowarde heart, obteyneth no good: and he that hath a double tongue, shall fall into mischiefe.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9 For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.

  • Prov 29:5
    75%

    5 Who so flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feete.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7 His mouth is full of cursing, and of deceate, and of fraude: vnder his tongue is labour and mischiefe.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22 The Lorde abhorreth lying lippes: but they that deale truely please hym.

  • Prov 12:18-19
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    74%

    18 A slaunderous person pricketh lyke a sworde: but a wise mans tongue is wholsome.

    19 The lippe of trueth shalbe stable for euer: but a dissemblyng tongue is soone chaunged.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18 Let the lying lippes be put to scilence: which speake against ye righteous greeuous thinges with disdaine & contempt.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt: O thou deceiptfull tongue.

  • Prov 18:7-8
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    7 A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lippes are the snare for his owne soule.

    8 The wordes of a slaunderer are very woundes, and go through vnto the innermost partes of the body.

  • Prov 20:19
    74%

    19 The craftie deceiptfull bewrayeth secrete counsayle: therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man, shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee? what good bryngeth it thee?

  • Ps 78:36
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    36 For their heart was not vpright with him: neither continued they faythfull in his couenaunt.

  • Prov 15:4
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    4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe: but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5 A ryghteous man abhorreth lyes: but the vngodly shameth hym selfe, and is put to scilence.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6 Faythfull are the woundes of a louer: but the kysses of an enemie are cruell.

  • Prov 10:31
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    31 The mouth of the iust wyll be talking of wisdome: but the tongue of the frowarde shall be cut out.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6 Thou wilt destroy them that make a lye: God wyll abhorre both the bloodthirstie and deceiptfull man.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18 Whoso beareth false witnesse against his neighbour, he is a very club, a sworde, and a sharpe arrowe.

  • Job 15:5
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    5 For thy mouth setteth forth thyne owne iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen the tongue of the craftie.

  • Prov 16:27-28
    2 verses
    72%

    27 An vngodly person stirreth vp euyll, and in his lippes he is as an hotte burnyng fyre.

    28 A frowarde body causeth strife: and he that is a blabbe of his tongue maketh deuision among princes.

  • Job 17:5
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    5 He that speaketh flatterie to his friend, the eyes of his children shall fayle.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8 Their tongues are like sharpe arrowes to speake deceipt: with their mouth they speake peaceablie to their neighbour, but priuilie they lay wayte for hym.

  • Ps 36:2-3
    2 verses
    71%

    2 For he flattereth him selfe in his owne sight: so that his iniquitie is found worthy of hatred.

    3 The wordes of his mouth are vnrighteous and full of deceipt: he hath left of to behaue him selfe wisely & to do good.

  • Mic 6:12
    71%

    12 For the riche men thereof are full of crueltie, and the inhabitantes thereof haue spoken lyes, and haue deceitfull tongues in their mouthes.

  • Ps 34:13
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    13 Kepe thy tongue from euill: and thy lippes that they speake no guyle.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19 A false witnesse that bringeth vp lyes, and hym that soweth discorde among brethren.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2 For the mouth of the vngodly and the mouth of the deceiptfull is opened vpon me: they haue spoken against me with a false tongue.

  • Jer 9:5
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    5 Yea, one dissembleth with another, and they deale with no trueth: They haue practised their tongues to lye, and taken great paynes to do mischiefe.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23 Who so kepeth his mouth and his tongue, the same kepeth his soule from troubles.

  • Ps 59:12
    71%

    12 The wordes of their lippes be the sinne of their mouth: O let them be taken in their pryde, for they speake nothing but curses and lies.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2 For their heart imagineth to do hurt, and their lippes talke mischiefe.

  • Prov 4:24
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    24 Put away from thee a frowarde mouth, and let the lippes of slaunder be farre from thee.