Parallel Verses
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.
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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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.
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.
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
Peh
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 26:28
Verse Info
Context Readings
All About Fools
27 Whoso diggeth up a pit, shall fall therein; and he that weltereth a stone, shall stumble upon it himself. 28 A dissembling tongue hateth one that rebuketh him; and a flattering mouth worketh mischief.
Phrases
Cross References
Proverbs 29:5
Whoso flattereth his neighbour, layeth a net for his feet.
Proverbs 6:24
that they may keep thee from the evil woman, and from the flattering tongue of the harlot:
Proverbs 7:5
That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words.
Proverbs 7:21-23
Thus with many sweet words she overcame him, and with her flattering lips she enticed him
Luke 20:20-21
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves perfect, to take him in his words, and to deliver him unto the power, and authority of the deputy.
John 8:40
But now ye go about to kill me, a man that have told you the truth, which I have heard of God: This did not Abraham.
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, then speaketh he of his own. For he is a liar, and the father thereof.
John 10:32-33
Jesus answered them, "Many good works have I showed you from my father: for which of them will ye stone me?"
John 15:22-24
If I had not come and spoken unto them, they should not have had sin: but now have they nothing to cloak their sin withal.