Proverbs 26:25
But when he speaketh fayre, beleue hym not: for there are seuen abhominations in his heart.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
In Context
24An enemie wyll dissemble with his lippes, and layeth vp deceipt in his heart.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:25-27
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. There is cause to complain, not only of the want of sincerity in men's profession of friendship, and that they do not love so well as they pretend nor will serve their friends so much as they promise, but, which is much worse, of wicked designs in the… Read the whole commentary →