Proverbs 26:28
A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
In Context
27Whoso digs a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him.
Cross References
Proverbs 2:16To deliver you from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flatters with her words;
Proverbs 7:5That they may keep you from the strange woman, from the stranger which flatters with her words.
Proverbs 29:5A man that flatters his neighbour spreads a net for his feet.
John 8:40But now all of you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.
John 10:32Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do all of 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 →