Proverbs 26:24
Those who hate someone and are saying [MTY] something very different from what they are thinking are hypocrites; they are only planning to harm that person.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
In Context
Cross References
Genesis 34:13But because Shechem had done a shameful thing to their sister Dinah, the sons of Jacob deceived Shechem and his father Hamor
2 Samuel 13:26Then Absalom said, “If you will not go, please allow my half-brother Amnon to go with us.” But the king replied, “Why do you want him to go with you?”
2 Samuel 20:9Joab said to Amasa, “Are things going well with you, my friend?” Then Joab grabbed Amasa’s beard with his right hand, in order to kiss him.
Psalms 12:3Yahweh, we wish that you would cut off their tongues so that they cannot continue to boast.
Psalms 41:6When my enemies come to me, they falsely say that they are concerned about me. They listen to bad news about ◄me/my health►. Then they go away and tell everywhere what is happening to me.
Proverbs 11:1Yahweh detests people who use scales that do not weigh correctly; he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.
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 →