Proverbs 26:28

World English Bible (2000)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 They watched him, and sent out spies, who pretended to be righteous, that they might trap him in something he said, so as to deliver him up to the power and authority of the governor. 21 They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
  • John 8:40 : 40 But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth, which I heard from God. Abraham didn't do this.
  • John 8:44-49 : 44 You are of your father, the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and doesn't stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks on his own; for he is a liar, and its father. 45 But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me. 46 Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me? 47 He who is of God hears the words of God. For this cause you don't hear, because you are not of God." 48 Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?" 49 Jesus answered, "I don't have a demon, but I honor my Father, and you dishonor me.
  • John 10:32-33 : 32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?" 33 The Jews answered him, "We don't 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 had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin. 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also. 24 If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 to keep you from the immoral woman, from the flattery of the wayward wife's tongue.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 With persuasive words, she led him astray. With the flattering of her lips, she seduced him. 22 He followed her immediately, as an ox goes to the slaughter, as a fool stepping into a noose. 23 Until an arrow strikes through his liver, as a bird hurries to the snare, and doesn't know that it will cost his life.

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    24Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.