Proverbs 26:25
When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
In Context
24An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.
26He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:2Sanaballat and Gossem sent to me, saying: Come, and let us make a league together in the villages, in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters; the God of majesty hath thundered, The Lord is upon many waters.
Jeremiah 9:2Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors.
Micah 7:5Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.
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 →