Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults.
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16to remove you far from the straight way, and to estrange you from a righteous purpose. My son, let not evil counsel overtake you,
Proverbs 7:5that she may keep you from the strange and wicked woman, if she should assail you with flattering words.
Proverbs 29:5He that prepares a net in the way of his own friend, entangles his own feet in it.
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 →