Proverbs 26:28
in Proverbs 26A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
KJV
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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This verse in Proverbs 26
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it - He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury he has done him; and, strange to tell, in proportion to the innocence of the oppressed. The debtor cannot bear the sight of his creditor; nor the knave, of him whom he has injured.
This site's exposition
a potsherd covered with silver dross
on Proverbs 26:23-28
The chapter ends on the hater who speaks fair: burning lips over a wicked heart are a potsherd covered with silver dross, cheap clay under a thin bright wash. When he speaketh fair, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart, the completeness number the book used of what the Lord hates at 6:16, here filling a flatterer. The pit-digger's proverb, whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein, with the stone returning on him that rolleth it, is the reversal figure the Psalms and Esther enact in story, and the commentators cross-reference Ps 7:15-16 and Haman's gallows by name; the chapter closes flatly, a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְֽשׁוֹן־ | leshonoshe- | a tongue of | H3956 → | 117 times |
| שֶׁ֭קֶר | sheker | falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
| יִשְׂנָ֣א | yisna' | it hates | H8130 → | 146 times |
| דַכָּ֑יו | dakav | crushed [people] its | H1790 → | |
| וּפֶ֥ה | upeh | and a mouth | H6310 → | 498 times |
| חָ֝לָ֗ק | chalak | flattering | H2509 → | |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | yaaseh | it makes | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| מִדְחֶֽה׃ | midcheh | stumbling | H4072 → |
לְֽשׁוֹן־a tongue of
leshonoshe-H3956 →117 times
שֶׁ֭קֶרfalsehood
shekerH8267 →113 times
יִשְׂנָ֣אit hates
yisna'H8130 →146 times
דַכָּ֑יוcrushed [people] its
dakavH1790 →
וּפֶ֥הand a mouth
upehH6310 →498 times
חָ֝לָ֗קflattering
chalakH2509 →
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הit makes
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
מִדְחֶֽה׃stumbling
midchehH4072 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
3 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 7:5that they may keep you from the adulteress, from the stranger with seductive words.
it leads to
- Proverbs 2:16
It will rescue you from the forbidden woman, from the stranger with seductive words
- Proverbs 6:24
to keep you from the evil woman, from the smooth tongue of the adulteress.
- Proverbs 5:3
Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
- Proverbs 2:16
Where this verse is studied
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About Proverbs
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Franz Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Proverbs of Solomon; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.