Proverbs 26:25
Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
In Context
24He that hateth, will counterfaite with his lips, but in his heart he layeth vp deceite.
26Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
Cross References
Nehemiah 6:2Then sent Sanballat and Geshem vnto me, saying, Come thou that we may meete together in the villages in the plaine of Ono: and they thought to doe me euill.
Psalms 28:3Drawe mee not away with the wicked, and with the woorkers of iniquitie: which speake friendly to their neighbours, when malice is in their hearts.
Jeremiah 9:2Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels,
Micah 7:5Trust ye not in a friend, neither put ye confidence in a counseller: keepe the doores of thy mouth from her that lyeth in thy bosome.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:25-27
24 He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him; 25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. 26 Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation. There is cause to complain, not only of the want of sincerity in men's profession of friendship, and that they do not love so well as they pretend nor will serve their friends so much as they promise, but, which is much worse, of wicked designs in the… Read the whole commentary →