Proverbs 26:24
People say nice things to you even though they hate you; deep down they're just lying to you.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
23Smooth talking with evil intent is like a shiny lead glaze on an earthenware pot.
25When people talk nicely to you, don't believe them—their minds are full of hate for you.
Cross References
Genesis 34:13Jacob's sons weren't honest when they answered him and his father Hamor because Shechem had violated their sister Dinah.
2 Samuel 13:26“Well then, at least let my brother Amnon join us,” Absalom responded. “Why do you want him to go?” the king asked.
2 Samuel 20:9“How are you doing, my brother?” Joab asked Amasa. Joab held Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Psalms 12:3Stop their flattery, Lord, and silence their boasts—
Psalms 41:6They come to visit me, but their sympathy is not sincere. They're only interested in the bad news, which they spread around as soon as they leave.
Proverbs 11:1The Lord hates dishonest scales, but accurate weights please him.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:24
23 Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross. This may be meant either, 1. Of a wicked heart showing itself in burning lips, furious, passionate, outrageous words, burning in malice, and persecuting those to whom, or of whom, they are spoken; ill words and ill-will agree as well together as a potsherd and the dross of silver, which, now that the pot is broken and the dross separated from the silver, are fit to be thrown together to the dunghill. 2. Or of a wicked heart… Read the whole commentary →