Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- lying
- He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury; {Proprium humani ingenii est, odisse quem læseris,} says Tacitlus: and strange to say, in proportion to the innocence of the injured.
- John 8:40, 44–49; John 10:32, 33; John 15:22–24
- a flattering
- Proverbs 6:24; Proverbs 7:5, 21–23; Proverbs 29:5; Luke 20:20, 21