Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
World Messianic Bible
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
27Whoever digs a pit shall fall into it. Whoever rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16to deliver you from the strange woman, even from the foreigner who flatters with her words,
Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the strange woman, from the foreigner who flatters with her words.
Proverbs 29:5A man who flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.
John 8:40But now you seek to kill me, a man who has told you the truth which I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do this.
John 10:32Yeshua answered them, “I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?”
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 →