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Proverbs 26:28
A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
Proverbs 26:28 · Geneva Bible
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Proverbs 26:28 in other translations
A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it crushes, and a flattering mouth causes ruin.
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
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In context
25 Though he speake fauourably, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
26 Hatred may be couered by deceite: but the malice thereof shall be discouered in the congregation.
27 He that diggeth a pit shall fall therein, and he that rolleth a stone, it shall returne vnto him.
28 A false tongue hateth the afflicted, and a flattering mouth causeth ruine.
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