Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Holman Bible
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
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A Conservative Version
A lying tongue hates those whom it has wounded, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
American Standard Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Amplified
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.
Bible in Basic English
A false tongue has hate for those who have clean hearts, and a smooth mouth is a cause of falling.
Darby Translation
A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
Julia Smith Translation
A tongue of falsehood will hate its crushing, and a smooth mouth will make an overthrow.
King James 2000
A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Lexham Expanded Bible
A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.
Modern King James verseion
A lying tongue hates those afflicted by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.
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.
The Emphasized Bible
A false tongue, hateth them who are crushed by it, and, a flattering mouth, worketh occasion of stumbling.
Webster
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!
Interlinear
Lashown
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it, and the stone will come back on whoever starts it rolling. 28 A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 29:5
A strong man who flatters his neighbor is setting a trap where he walks.
Proverbs 6:24
to protect you from the evil woman, from the words of the seductive woman.
Proverbs 7:5
so they can keep you from an adulterous woman, from the immoral woman with her seductive words.
Proverbs 7:21-23
She leads him astray with great persuasion; with flattering lips she seduces him.
Luke 20:20-21
So they watched him closely and sent spies who pretended to be honest men in order to trap him in what he would say. They wanted to hand him over to the jurisdiction of the governor,
John 8:40
Jesus told them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would be doing what Abraham did. But now you're trying to kill me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham would'nt have done that.
John 8:44-49
You belong to your father the Devil, and you want to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and has never stood for truth, since there is no truth in him. Whenever he tells a lie, he speaks in character, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 10:32-33
Jesus replied to them, "I've shown you many good actions from my Father. For which of them are you going to stone me?"
John 15:22-24
"If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have any sin. But now they have no excuse for their sin.