Proverbs 26:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And they watched him, and sent spies, who pretended to be righteous men, that they might trap him in his words, so they could deliver him to the power and authority of the governor. 21 And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that you say and teach rightly, neither do you show favoritism, but teach the way of God truly:
  • John 8:40 : 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I have heard from God: Abraham did not do this.
  • John 8:44-49 : 44 You are of your father the devil, and the desires of your father you wish to do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and did not abide in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks from his own resources: for he is a liar, and the father of it. 45 And because I tell you the truth, you do not believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? And if I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears God's words: you therefore do not hear them, because you are not of God. 48 Then the Jews answered and said to him, Do we not say rightly 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, Many good works I have shown you from my Father; for which of these works do you stone me? 33 The Jews answered him, saying, We do not stone you for a good work, but for blasphemy, because you, being a man, make yourself God.
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me hates my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which no other man did, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 With her much fair speech she caused him to yield; with the flattering of her lips she prevailed over him. 22 He goes after her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; 23 Until a dart strikes through his liver; as a bird hastes to the snare, and does not know that it is for his life.

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    6The accumulation of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vanity to those who seek death.

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    22The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

    23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.

    24He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him;

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    18He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.

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    2They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

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    20He who has a perverse heart finds no good, and he who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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    9For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.

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    7His mouth is full of cursing and deceit and fraud; under his tongue is mischief and vanity.

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    22Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who deal truthfully are His delight.

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    18There are those who speak like the piercings of a sword, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.

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    2Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.

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    4You love all devouring words, O deceitful tongue.

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    19He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets; therefore, do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.

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    23He who rebukes a man afterward shall find more favor than he who flatters with the tongue.

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    3What shall be given to you? Or what shall be done to you, you false tongue?

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    36Nevertheless they did flatter him with their mouth, and they lied unto him with their tongues.

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    4A wholesome tongue is a tree of life, but perverseness in it is a break in the spirit.

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    5For your mouth declares your iniquity, and you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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    5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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    12For the sin of their mouth and the words of their lips, let them even be taken in their pride, and for the cursing and lying which they speak.

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    2For their hearts plot destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

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    24Put away from you a deceitful mouth, and put perverse lips far from you.