Proverbs 26:28 · KJV
“A lying tongue hateth {those that are} afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.”
— Proverbs 26:28
Proverbs 26 — Context
{Whose} hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the {whole} congregation. {by...: or, in secret}
27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
28A lying tongue hateth {those that are} afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Cross References
John 8:44-49
Ye are of {your} father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. {of his own: or, from his own will or disposition}
Luke 20:20-21
And they watched {him}, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor.
Proverbs 7:5
That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger {which} flattereth with her words.
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?
Proverbs 6:24
To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. {of the...: or, of the strange tongue}
Proverbs 29:5
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Proverbs 7:21-23
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him.
John 8:40
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.