Proverbs 26:25
Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
In Context
24A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:2that Sanaballat and Gesam sent to me, saying, Come and let us meet together in the villages in the plain of Ono. But they were plotting to do me mischief.
Psalms 28:3The voice of the Lord is upon the waters: the God of glory has thundered: the Lord is upon many waters.
Jeremiah 9:2And they have bent their tongue like a bow: falsehood and not faithfulness has prevailed upon the earth; for they have gone on from evil to evil, and have not known me, saith the Lord.
Micah 7:5Trust not in friends, and confide not in guides: beware of thy wife, so as not to commit anything to her.
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 →