Proverbs 26:28

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 29:5 : 5 A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.
  • Luke 20:20-21 : 20 And, having watched `him', they sent forth liers in wait, feigning themselves to be righteous, that they might take hold of his word, to deliver him up to the rule and to the authority of the governor, 21 and they questioned him, saying, `Teacher, we have known that thou dost say and teach rightly, and dost not accept a person, but in truth the way of God dost teach;
  • John 8:40 : 40 and now, ye seek to kill me -- a man who hath spoken to you the truth I heard from God; this Abraham did not;
  • John 8:44-49 : 44 `Ye are of a father -- the devil, and the desires of your father ye will to do; he was a man-slayer from the beginning, and in the truth he hath not stood, because there is no truth in him; when one may speak the falsehood, of his own he speaketh, because he is a liar -- also his father. 45 `And because I say the truth, ye do not believe me. 46 Who of you doth convict me of sin? and if I speak truth, wherefore do ye not believe me? 47 he who is of God, the sayings of God he doth hear; because of this ye do not hear, because of God ye are not.' 48 The Jews, therefore, answered and said to him, `Do we not say well, that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?' 49 Jesus answered, `I have not a demon, but I honour my Father, and ye dishonour me;
  • John 10:32-33 : 32 Jesus answered them, `Many good works did I shew you from my Father; because of which work of them do ye stone me?' 33 The Jews answered him, saying, `For a good work we do not stone thee, but for evil speaking, and because thou, being a man, dost make thyself God.'
  • John 15:22-24 : 22 if I had not come and spoken to them, they were not having sin; but now pretext they have not for their sin. 23 `He who is hating me, doth hate also my Father; 24 if I did not do among them the works that no other hath done, they were not having sin, and now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father;
  • Prov 6:24 : 24 To preserve thee from an evil woman, From the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
  • Prov 7:5 : 5 To preserve thee from a strange woman, From a stranger who hath made smooth her sayings.
  • Prov 7:21-23 : 21 She turneth him aside with the abundance of her speech, With the flattery of her lips she forceth him. 22 He is going after her straightway, As an ox unto the slaughter he cometh, And as a fetter unto the chastisement of a fool, 23 Till an arrow doth split his liver, As a bird hath hastened unto a snare, And hath not known that it `is' for its life.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 26:26-27
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    26Hatred is covered by deceit, Revealed is its wickedness in an assembly.

    27Whoso is digging a pit falleth into it, And the roller of a stone, to him it turneth.

  • Prov 17:4
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    4An evil doer is attentive to lips of vanity, Falsehood is giving ear to a mischievous tongue.

  • Prov 21:6
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    6The making of treasures by a lying tongue, `Is' a vanity driven away of those seeking death.

  • Prov 26:22-24
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    22The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

    23Silver of dross spread over potsherd, `Are' burning lips and an evil heart.

    24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

  • Prov 10:18
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    18Whoso is covering hatred with lying lips, And whoso is bringing out an evil report is a fool.

  • Ps 12:2-3
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    2Vanity they speak each with his neighbour, Lip of flattery! With heart and heart they speak.

    3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

  • Prov 17:20
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    20The perverse of heart findeth not good, And the turned in his tongue falleth into evil.

  • Ps 5:9
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    9For there is no stability in their mouth. Their heart `is' mischiefs, An open grave `is' their throat, Their tongue they make smooth.

  • Ps 50:19
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    19Thy mouth thou hast sent forth with evil, And thy tongue joineth deceit together,

  • Prov 29:5
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    5A man taking a portion above his neighbour, Spreadeth a net for his own steps.

  • Ps 10:7
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    7Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue `is' perverseness and iniquity,

  • Prov 12:22
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    22An abomination to Jehovah `are' lying lips, And stedfast doers `are' his delight.

  • Prov 12:18-19
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    18A rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.

    19The lip of truth is established for ever, And for a moment -- a tongue of falsehood.

  • Ps 52:2
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    2Mischiefs doth thy tongue devise, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

  • Ps 31:18
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    18Let lips of falsehood become dumb, That are speaking against the righteous, Ancient sayings, in pride and contempt.

  • Ps 52:4
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    4Thou hast loved all devouring words, O thou deceitful tongue.

  • Prov 18:7-8
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    7The mouth of a fool `is' ruin to him, And his lips `are' the snare of his soul.

    8The words of a tale-bearer `are' as self-inflicted wounds, And they have gone down `to' the inner parts of the heart.

  • Prov 20:19
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    19A revealer of secret counsels is the busybody, And for a deceiver `with' his lips make not thyself surety.

  • Prov 28:23
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    23Whoso is reproving a man afterwards findeth grace, More than a flatterer with the tongue.

  • Ps 120:3
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    3What doth He give to thee? And what doth He add to thee? O deceitful tongue!

  • Ps 78:36
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    36And -- they deceive Him with their mouth, And with their tongue do lie to Him,

  • Prov 15:4
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    4A healed tongue `is' a tree of life, And perverseness in it -- a breach in the spirit.

  • Prov 13:5
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    5A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

  • Rom 3:14
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    14Whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness.

  • Prov 27:6
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    6Faithful are the wounds of a lover, And abundant the kisses of an enemy.

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    31The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And the tongue of frowardness is cut out.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.

  • Prov 25:18
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    18A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, `Is' the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

  • Job 15:5
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    5For thy mouth teacheth thine iniquity, And thou chooseth the tongue of the subtile.

  • Prov 16:27-28
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    27A worthless man is preparing evil, And on his lips -- as a burning fire.

    28A froward man sendeth forth contention, A tale-bearer is separating a familiar friend.

  • Job 17:5
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    5For a portion he sheweth friendship, And the eyes of his sons are consumed.

  • Jer 9:8
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    8A slaughtering arrow `is' their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

  • Ps 36:2-3
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    2For he made `it' smooth to himself in his eyes, To find his iniquity to be hated.

    3The words of his mouth `are' iniquity and deceit, He ceased to act prudently -- to do good.

  • Mic 6:12
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    12Whose rich ones have been full of violence, And its inhabitants have spoken falsehood, And their tongue `is' deceitful in their mouth.

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    13Keep thy tongue from evil, And thy lips from speaking deceit.

  • Prov 6:19
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    19A false witness `who' doth breathe out lies -- And one sending forth contentions between brethren.

  • Ps 109:2
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    2For the mouth of wickedness, and the mouth of deceit, Against me they have opened, They have spoken with me -- A tongue of falsehood, and words of hatred!

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    5And each at his friend they mock, And truth they do not speak, They taught their tongue to speak falsehood, To commit iniquity they have laboured.

  • Prov 21:23
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    23Whoso is keeping his mouth and his tongue, Is keeping from adversities his soul.

  • Ps 59:12
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    12The sin of their mouth `is' a word of their lips, And they are captured in their pride, And from the curse and lying they recount.

  • Prov 24:2
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    2For destruction doth their heart meditate, And perverseness do their lips speak.

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    24Turn aside from thee a froward mouth, And perverse lips put far from thee,