Proverbs 26:28

Geneva Bible (1560)

A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

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  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should faine themselues iust men, to take him in his talke, and to deliuer him vnto the power and authoritie of the gouernour. 21 And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest, and teachest right, neither doest thou accept mans person, but teachest the way of God truly.
  • John 8:40 : 40 But nowe ye goe about to kill mee, a man that haue told you the trueth, which I haue heard of God: this did not Abraham.
  • John 8:44-49 : 44 Ye are of your father the deuill, and the lustes of your father ye will doe: hee hath bene a murtherer from the beginning, and abode not in the trueth, because there is no trueth in him. When hee speaketh a lie, then speaketh hee of his owne: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 45 And because I tell you the trueth, yee beleeue me not. 46 Which of you can rebuke me of sinne? and if I say the trueth, why do ye not beleeue me? 47 He that is of God, heareth Gods wordes: yee therefore heare them not, because ye are not of God. 48 Then answered the Iewes, and said vnto him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane, and hast a deuil? 49 Iesus answered, I haue not a deuil, but I honour my Father, and ye haue dishonoured me.
  • John 10:32-33 : 32 Iesus answered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my Father: for which of these workes doe ye stone me? 33 The Iewes answered him, saying, For the good worke we stone thee not, but for blasphemie, and that thou being a man, makest thy selfe God.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken vnto them, they shoulde not haue had sinne: but nowe haue they no cloke for their sinne. 23 He that hateth me, hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done workes among them which none other man did, they had not had sinne: but nowe haue they both seene, and haue hated both me, and my Father.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keepe thee from the wicked woman, & from ye flatterie of ye tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keepe thee from the strange woman, euen from the stranger that is smoothe in her wordes.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 Thus with her great craft she caused him to yeelde, and with her flattering lips she entised him. 22 And he followed her straight wayes, as an oxe that goeth to the slaughter, and as a foole to the stockes for correction, 23 Till a dart strike through his liuer, as a bird hasteth to the snare, not knowing that he is in danger.

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  • Prov 26:26-27
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    26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.

    27He that diggeth a pit shal fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4The wicked giueth heed to false lippes, and a lyer hearkeneth to the naughtie tongue.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6The gathering of treasures by a deceitfull tongue is vanitie tossed to and fro of them that seeke death.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    22The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

    23As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart.

    24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.

  • Prov 10:18
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    18He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

    3The Lorde cut off all flattering lippes, and the tongue that speaketh proude things:

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a naughtie tongue, shall fall into euill.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceite and fraude: vnder his tongue is mischiefe and iniquitie.

  • Prov 12:22
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    22The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

  • Prov 12:18-19
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    18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

    19The lip of trueth shall be stable for euer: but a lying tongue varieth incontinently.

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    2Thy tongue imagineth mischiefe, and is like a sharpe rasor, that cutteth deceitfully.

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    18Let the lying lips be made dumme, which cruelly, proudly and spitefully speake against the righteous.

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    4Thou louest all wordes that may destroye, O deceitfull tongue!

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    7A fooles mouth is his owne destruction, and his lips are a snare for his soule.

    8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

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    19He that goeth about as a slanderer, discouereth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23He that rebuketh a man, shall finde more fauour at length, then he that flattereth with his tongue.

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    3What doeth thy deceitfull tongue bring vnto thee? or what doeth it auaile thee?

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    36But they flattered him with their mouth, and dissembled with him with their tongue.

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    18A man that beareth false witnes against his neighbour, is like an hammer and a sword, and a sharpe arrowe.

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    5For thy mouth declareth thine iniquitie, seeing thou hast chosen ye tongue of the crafty.

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    27A wicked man diggeth vp euill, and in his lippes is like burning fire.

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    5For the eyes of his children shall faile, that speaketh flattery to his friends.

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    2For hee flattereth himselfe in his owne eyes, while his iniquitie is foud worthy to be hated.

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    12For the rich men thereof are full of crueltie, & the inhabitants thereof haue spoken lyes, and their tongue is deceitfull in their mouth.

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    13Keepe thy tongue from euill, and thy lips, that they speake no guile.

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    19A false witnesse that speaketh lyes, and him that rayseth vp contentions among brethren.

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    2For the mouth of the wicked, and the mouth full of deceite are opened vpon me: they haue spoken to me with a lying tongue.

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    5And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their tongues to speake lies, and take great paynes to do wickedly.

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    23He that keepeth his mouth and his tongue, keepeth his soule from afflictions.

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    12For the sinne of their mouth, and the words of their lips: and let them be taken in their pride, euen for their periurie and lies, that they speake.

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    2For their heart imagineth destruction, and their lippes speake mischiefe.

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    24Put away from thee a froward mouth, and put wicked lippes farre from thee.