Proverbs 27:6

Geneva Bible (1560)

The wounds of a louer are faithful, and the kisses of an enemie are pleasant.

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  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous smite me: for that is a benefite: and let him reprooue me, and it shalbe a precious oyle, that shall not breake mine head: for within a while I shall euen pray in their miseries.
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 Beholde, blessed is the man whome God correcteth: therefore refuse not thou the chastising of the Almightie. 18 For he maketh the wound, and bindeth it vp: he smiteth, and his handes make whole.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Then Nathan sayd to Dauid, Thou art the man. Thus sayth the Lord God of Israel, I anoynted thee King ouer Israel, and deliuered thee out of the hand of Saul, 8 And gaue thee thy lordes house, and thy lords wiues into thy bosome, and gaue thee the house of Israel, and of Iudah, and would moreouer (if that had bene too litle) haue giuen thee such and such things. 9 Wherefore hast thou despised the commandement of the Lord, to doe euill in his sight? Thou hast killed Vriah the Hittite with ye sworde, and hast taken his wife to be thy wife, and hast slaine him with the sworde of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore the sworde shall neuer depart from thine house, because thou hast despised me, and taken the wife of Vriah the Hittite to be thy wife. 11 Thus sayth the Lord, Behold, I will rayse vp euil against thee out of thine owne house, and will take thy wiues before thine eyes, and giue them vnto thy neighbour, and he shall lie with thy wiues in the sight of this sunne. 12 For thou diddest it secretly: but I will doe this thing before all Israel, and before the sunne. 13 Then Dauid sayde vnto Nathan, I haue sinned against the Lord; Nathan sayde vnto Dauid, The Lord also hath put away thy sinne, thou shalt not die. 14 Howbeit because by this deede thou hast caused the enemies of the Lord to blaspheme, the childe that is borne vnto thee shal surely die. 15 So Nathan departed vnto his house: and the Lord stroke the childe that Vriahs wife bare vnto Dauid, and it was sicke.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Ioab sayde to Amasa, Art thou in health, my brother? & Ioab tooke Amasa by the beard with the right hand to kisse him. 10 But Amasa tooke no heede to the sworde that was in Ioabs hande: for therewith he smote him in the fift rib, and shed out his bowels to the ground, and smote him not the second time: so he dyed. then Ioab and Abishai his brother followed after Sheba the sonne of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inuenteth slaunder, is a foole.
  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 As siluer drosse ouerlayde vpon a potsheard, so are burning lips, and an euill heart. 24 He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite. 25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart. 26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
  • Matt 26:48-50 : 48 Now he that betraied him, had giuen them a token, saying, Whomesoeuer I shall kisse, that is he, laie holde on him. 49 And forthwith he came to Iesus, and sayd, God saue thee, Master, and kissed him. 50 Then Iesus sayde vnto him, Friende, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laide hands on Iesus, and tooke him.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they verely for a few dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure: but he chasteneth vs for our profite, that we might be partakers of his holinesse.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I loue, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and amend.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 27:5
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    5Open rebuke is better then secret loue.

  • Prov 27:7
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    7The person that is full, despiseth an hony combe: but vnto the hungry soule euery bitter thing is sweete.

  • Mic 7:5
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    5Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.

  • Prov 27:9-10
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    9As oyntment and perfume reioyce the heart, so doeth the sweetenes of a mans friend by hearty counsell.

    10Thine owne friend and thy fathers friend forsake thou not: neither enter into thy brothers house in the day of thy calamitie: for better is a neighbour that is neere, then a brother farre off.

  • Prov 26:28
    72%

    28A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Jer 12:6
    71%

    6For euen thy brethren, and the house of thy father, euen they haue delt vnfaithfully with thee, and they haue cryed out altogether vpon thee: but beleeue them not, though they speake faire to thee.

  • Prov 18:8
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    8The wordes of a tale bearer are as flatterings, and they goe downe into the bowels of the belly.

  • Prov 17:4
    70%

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

  • Prov 18:24
    70%

    24A man that hath friends, ought to shew him selfe friendly: for a friend is neerer then a brother.

  • Ps 55:21
    70%

    21The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.

  • Prov 27:17
    69%

    17Yron sharpeneth yron, so doeth man sharpen the face of his friend.

  • Prov 26:26
    69%

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

  • Prov 17:17
    69%

    17A friende loueth at all times: and a brother is borne for aduersitie.

  • Prov 25:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

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

    19Confidence in an vnfaythfull man in time of trouble, is like a broken tooth and a sliding foote.

  • Prov 6:19
    69%

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

  • Prov 29:5
    69%

    5A man that flattereth his neighbour, spreadeth a net for his steps.

  • Prov 13:17
    69%

    17A wicked messenger falleth into euill: but a faithfull ambassadour is preseruation.

  • Ps 41:9
    69%

    9Yea, my familiar friend, whom I trusted, which did eate of my bread, hath lifted vp the heele against me.

  • Jer 9:8
    68%

    8Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in his heart hee layeth waite for him.

  • Prov 16:28
    68%

    28A frowarde person soweth strife: and a tale teller maketh diuision among princes.

  • Job 17:5
    68%

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

  • Luke 22:47-48
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    47And while he yet spake, beholde, a companie, and he that was called Iudas one of the twelue, went before them, and came neere vnto Iesus to kisse him.

    48And Iesus saide vnto him, Iudas, betrayest thou the Sonne of man with a kisse?

  • Prov 6:3
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    3Doe this nowe, my sonne, and deliuer thy selfe: seeing thou art come into the hande of thy neighbour, goe, and humble thy selfe, and sollicite thy friends.

  • Prov 17:9
    68%

    9Hee that couereth a transgression, seeketh loue: but hee that repeateth a matter, separateth the prince.

  • Prov 20:17
    68%

    17The bread of deceit is sweete to a man: but afterward his mouth shalbe filled with grauel.

  • Prov 16:24
    68%

    24Faire wordes are as an hony combe, sweetenesse to the soule, and health to the bones.

  • Prov 13:2
    68%

    2A man shall eate good things by the fruite of his mouth: but the soule of the trespassers shall suffer violence.

  • Prov 6:33
    68%

    33He shall finde a wounde and dishonour, and his reproch shall neuer be put away.

  • Prov 5:3-4
    2 verses
    68%

    3For the lippes of a strange woman drop as an honie combe, and her mouth is more soft then oyle.

    4But the end of her is bitter as wormewood, and sharpe as a two edged sworde.

  • Prov 22:11
    68%

    11Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.

  • Zech 13:6
    68%

    6And one shal say vnto him, What are these woundes in thine hands? Then he shall answere, Thus was I wounded in the house of my friendes.

  • Prov 12:17-18
    2 verses
    68%

    17He that speaketh trueth, will shewe righteousnes: but a false witnes vseth deceite.

    18There is that speaketh wordes like the prickings of a sworde: but the tongue of wise men is health.

  • Ps 52:4
    68%

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

  • Obad 1:7
    68%

    7All the men of thy confederacie haue driuen thee to ye borders: the men that were at peace with thee, haue deceiued thee, and preuailed against thee: they that eate thy bread, haue laid a wound vnder thee: there is none vnderstanding in him.

  • Prov 28:23
    67%

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

  • Prov 14:25
    67%

    25A faithfull witnes deliuereth soules: but a deceiuer speaketh lyes.

  • Ps 12:2
    67%

    2They speake deceitfully euery one with his neighbour, flattering with their lips, and speake with a double heart.

  • Prov 12:22
    67%

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

  • Prov 26:19
    67%

    19So dealeth the deceitfull man with his friend and sayth, Am not I in sport?

  • Prov 24:26
    67%

    26They shall kisse the lippes of him that answereth vpright wordes.