Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin. New Living Translation A lying tongue hates its victims, and flattering words cause ruin. English Standard Version A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Berean Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. King James Bible A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. New King James Version A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it, And a flattering mouth works ruin. New American Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. NASB 1995 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. NASB 1977 A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. Legacy Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. Amplified Bible A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes, And a flattering mouth works ruin. Christian Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. Holman Christian Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. American Standard Version A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Contemporary English Version Watch out for anyone who tells lies and flatters--they are out to get you. English Revised Version A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. GOD'S WORD® Translation A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. Good News Translation You have to hate someone to want to hurt him with lies. Insincere talk brings nothing but ruin. International Standard Version A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. Majority Standard Bible A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. NET Bible A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin. New Heart English Bible A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. Webster's Bible Translation A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. World English Bible A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionA lying tongue hates its bruised ones, "" And a flattering mouth works an overthrow! Young's Literal Translation A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow! Smith's Literal Translation A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleA deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin. Catholic Public Domain Version A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin. New American Bible The lying tongue is its owner’s enemy, and the flattering mouth works ruin. New Revised Standard Version A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth works ruin. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleA lying tongue hates the truth; and a troublesome mouth stirs up a quarrel. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated A lying tongue hates the truth and the malicious mouth works trouble. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917A lying tongue hateth those that are crushed by it; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Brenton Septuagint Translation A lying tongue hates the truth; and an unguarded mouth causes tumults. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Similitudes and Instructions…27He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him. 28A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin. Cross References James 3:6-10 The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell. / All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and creatures of the sea are being tamed and have been tamed by man, / but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. ... Psalm 12:2-3 They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart. / May the LORD cut off all flattering lips and every boastful tongue. Ephesians 4:25 Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another. Psalm 5:9 For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit. Colossians 3:9 Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices, Psalm 52:2-4 Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit. / You love evil more than good, falsehood more than speaking truth. Selah / You love every word that devours, O deceitful tongue. Romans 16:18 For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive. Psalm 101:7 No one who practices deceit shall dwell in my house; no one who tells lies shall stand in my presence. 1 Peter 3:10 For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech. Psalm 55:21 His speech is smooth as butter, but war is in his heart. His words are softer than oil, yet they are swords unsheathed. Matthew 12:34-37 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks. / The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure. / But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken. ... Psalm 109:2 For wicked and deceitful mouths open against me; they speak against me with lying tongues. Revelation 21:8 But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.” Psalm 120:2-3 Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and a deceitful tongue. / What will He do to you, and what will be added to you, O deceitful tongue? 1 John 2:21 I have not written to you because you lack knowledge of the truth, but because you have it, and because no lie comes from the truth. Treasury of Scripture A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin. John 8:40,44-49 But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham… John 10:32,33 Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? … John 15:22-24 If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin: but now they have no cloke for their sin… a flattering Proverbs 6:24 To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. Proverbs 7:5,21-23 That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words… Proverbs 29:5 A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet. Jump to Previous Afflicted Bruised Cause Clean Crushed Crushes False. Flattering Hate Hates Hateth Hearts Hurts Injured Lying Mouth Ones Overthrow Ruin Smooth Tongue Victims Worketh Works WoundedJump to Next Afflicted Bruised Cause Clean Crushed Crushes False. Flattering Hate Hates Hateth Hearts Hurts Injured Lying Mouth Ones Overthrow Ruin Smooth Tongue Victims Worketh Works WoundedProverbs 26 1. observations about fools13. about sluggards 17. and about contentious busybodies A lying tongue The phrase "a lying tongue" refers to speech that is deceitful or false. In the Hebrew text, the word for "lying" is "שֶׁקֶר" (sheqer), which denotes falsehood or deception. Throughout the Bible, lying is consistently condemned as it goes against the nature of God, who is truth (John 14:6). In a historical context, a lying tongue was seen as a tool of betrayal and destruction, often leading to discord and strife within communities. The conservative Christian perspective emphasizes the importance of truthfulness as a reflection of God's character and a foundation for trust and integrity in relationships. hates those it crushes and a flattering mouth works ruin Verse 28. - A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; or, those whom it crusheth (Proverbs 25:15). There is a consensus of the Vulgate, Septuagint, Syriac, and Targum to translate דכיו "truth," thinking apparently of the Aramaean דַכְיָא "that which is pure." But the hemistich would thus state the baldest truism, and modern commentators unite in assigning to the word some such sense as that given above in the Authorized Version. A liar shows his want of charity by slandering his neighbour; and that men dislike those whom they have injured is a common experience. "It is a characteristic of human nature," says Tacitus ('Agric.,' 42), "to hate those whom one has injured." Seneca, 'De Ira,' 2:83, "Hoe habent pessimum animi magna fortuna insolentes, quos laeserunt, et oderunt." A flattering mouth worketh ruin; brings destruction on those who succumb to its seductive words. Vulgate, Os lubricum operatur ruinas; Septuagint, "A mouth uncovered (ἄστεγον) causeth tumults." (For "the smooth mouth," comp. ch. 5:3; Psalm 12:3; Psalm 55:21; Isaiah 30:10.) The word for "tumults" is ἀκαταστασίας, which does not occur elsewhere in the Septuagint, but is common in the New Testament; e.g., Luke 21:9; 1 Corinthians 14:33. |
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