Proverbs 26:28
If you tell lies, you show you hate your victims; if you flatter people, you cause disaster.
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In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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Cross References
Proverbs 2:16Doing this will also save you from a woman who acts immorally, from a woman who like a prostitute tries to seduce you with flattering words.
Proverbs 7:5They will protect you from the immoral woman, from the prostitute with her seductive words.
Proverbs 29:5Those who flatter their friends lay a net to trip them up.
John 8:40“But you are trying to kill me now, because I told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would never have done that.
John 10:32Jesus said to them, “You've seen many good deeds that I've done from the Father. Which one are you stoning me for?”
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 →