Parallel Verses

King James 2000

A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted 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.

King James Version

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Holman Bible

A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.


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International Standard Version

A lying tongue hates its victims, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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.

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

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
A lying
שׁקר 
Sheqer 
Usage: 113

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

דּך 
Dak 
Usage: 4

by it and a flattering
חלק 
Chalaq 
Usage: 4

Context Readings

All About Fools

27 Whosoever digs a pit shall fall in it: and he that rolls a stone, it will return upon him. 28 A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:5

A man that flatters his neighbor spreads a net for his feet.

Proverbs 6:24

To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a seductress.

Proverbs 7:5

That they may keep you from the immoral woman, from the seductress who flatters with her words.

Proverbs 7:21-23

With her enticing speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she seduced him.

Luke 20:20-21

And they watched him, and sent forth spies, who should pretend 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.

John 8:40

But now you seek to kill me, a man that has told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham.

John 8:44-49

You are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaks a lie, he speaks of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it.

John 10:32-33

Jesus answered them, Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do you stone me?

John 15:22-24

If I had not come and spoken unto them, they would not have sin: but now they have no cover for their sin.

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