Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
27Whoever digs a pit will fall into it. And whoever rolls a stone, it will roll back to him.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16So may you be rescued from the foreign woman, and from the outsider, who softens her speech,
Proverbs 7:5So may she guard you from the woman who is an outsider, and from the stranger who sweetens her words.
Proverbs 29:5A man who speaks to his friend with flattering and feigned words spreads a net for his own feet.
John 8:40But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who has spoken the truth to you, which I have heard from God. This is not what Abraham did.
John 10:32Jesus answered them: “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:28
27 Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him. See here, 1. What pains men take to do mischief to others. As they put a force upon themselves by concealing their design with a profession of friendship, so they put themselves to a great deal of labour to bring it about; it is digging a pit, it is rolling a stone, hard work, and yet men will not stick at it to gratify their passion and revenge. 2. What preparation they hereby make of mischief to themselves. Their… Read the whole commentary →