Proverbs 26:28
A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
27He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16That thou mayst be delivered from the strange women, and from the stranger, who softeneth her words:
Proverbs 7:5That she may keep thee from the woman that is not thine, and from the stranger who sweeteneth her words.
Proverbs 29:5A man that speaketh to his friend with flattering and dissembling words, spreadeth a net for his feet.
John 8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not.
John 10:32Jesus answered them: Many good works I have shewed you from my Father; for which of these 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 →