Proverbs 27:6

KJV1611 – Modern English

Faithful are the wounds of a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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  • Ps 141:5 : 5 Let the righteous strike me; it shall be a kindness; and let him rebuke me; it shall be as excellent oil, which shall not break my head, for my prayer shall still be in their calamities.
  • Job 5:17-18 : 17 Behold, happy is the man whom God corrects: therefore do not despise the chastening of the Almighty: 18 For he makes sore, and binds up: he wounds, and his hands make whole.
  • 2 Sam 12:7-9 : 7 Nathan said to David, You are the man. Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul. 8 I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would have given you much more. 9 Why have you despised the commandment of the LORD, to do evil in His sight? You have killed Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the children of Ammon. 10 Now therefore, the sword shall never depart from your house; because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife. 11 Thus says the LORD, Behold, I will raise up evil against you from your own house, and I will take your wives before your eyes, and give them to your neighbor, and he shall lie with your wives in the sight of this sun. 12 For you did it secretly: but I will do this thing before all Israel, and before the sun. 13 David said to Nathan, I have sinned against the LORD. Nathan said to David, The LORD also has put away your sin; you shall not die. 14 However, because by this deed you have given great occasion to the enemies of the LORD to blaspheme, the child also who is born to you shall surely die. 15 And Nathan departed to his house. And the LORD struck the child that Uriah's wife bore to David, and it became very sick.
  • 2 Sam 20:9-9 : 9 And Joab said to Amasa, Are you well, my brother? And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him. 10 But Amasa did not notice the sword in Joab’s hand, so Joab struck him in the stomach, spilling his intestines to the ground. He did not strike him again, and Amasa died. Joab and his brother Abishai then pursued Sheba the son of Bichri.
  • Prov 10:18 : 18 He who hides hatred with lying lips, and he who utters slander, is a fool.
  • Prov 26:23-26 : 23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. 24 He who hates others disguises it with his lips, and stores up deceit within him; 25 When he speaks kindly, do not believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.
  • Matt 26:48-50 : 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast. 49 And immediately he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed him. 50 And Jesus said to him, Friend, why have you come? Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
  • Heb 12:10 : 10 For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but he for our benefit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.
  • Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.

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    5Do not trust in a friend, put no confidence in a guide: keep the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your bosom.

  • Prov 27:9-10
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    9Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so does the sweetness of a man's friend through earnest counsel.

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  • Prov 26:28
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    28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    22The words of a gossip are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.

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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.

  • Jer 12:6
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    6For even your brothers, the house of your father, even they have dealt treacherously with you; yes, they have called a multitude after you. Do not believe them, even though they speak kind words to you.

  • Prov 18:8
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    8The words of a talebearer are like wounds, and they go down into the innermost parts of the body.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4A wicked doer listens to false lips, and a liar gives ear to a deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 18:24
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    17Iron sharpens iron; so a man sharpens the countenance of his friend.

  • Prov 26:26
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    26Though his hatred is concealed by deceit, his wickedness shall be exposed before the assembly.

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    17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

  • Prov 25:18-19
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    18A man who bears false witness against his neighbor is like a club, a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness who speaks lies, and one who sows discord among brethren.

  • Prov 29:5
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    17A wicked messenger falls into mischief, but a faithful ambassador is health.

  • Ps 41:9
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  • Jer 9:8
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    8Their tongue is like an arrow shot out; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lies in wait.

  • Prov 16:28
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    28A perverse man sows strife, and a whisperer separates close friends.

  • Job 17:5
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    5He that speaks flattery to his friends, even the eyes of his children shall fail.

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    6And one shall say to him, What are these wounds in your hands? Then he shall answer, Those with which I was wounded in the house of my friends.

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    17He who speaks truth declares righteousness, but a false witness deceit.

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

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

  • Prov 26:19
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    19So is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, Am I not joking?

  • Prov 24:26
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    26Every man shall kiss his lips who gives a right answer.