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Proverbs 26

Prov. 26:28 KJV (With Strong’s)

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A lying
sheqer (Hebrew #8267)
an untruth; by implication, a sham (often adverbial)
KJV usage: without a cause, deceit(-ful), false(-hood, -ly), feignedly, liar, + lie, lying, vain (thing), wrongfully.
Pronounce: sheh'-ker
Origin: from 8266
tongue
lashown (Hebrew #3956)
also (in plural) feminine lshonah {lesh-o-naw'}; from 3960; the tongue (of man or animals), used literally (as the instrument of licking, eating, or speech), and figuratively (speech, an ingot, a fork of flame, a cove of water)
KJV usage: + babbler,bay, + evil speaker, language, talker, tongue, wedge.
Pronounce: law-shone'
Origin: or lashon {law-shone'}
hateth
sane' (Hebrew #8130)
to hate (personally)
KJV usage: enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, X utterly.
Pronounce: saw-nay'
Origin: a primitive root
those that are afflicted
dak (Hebrew #1790)
crushed, i.e. (fig.) injured
KJV usage: afflicted, oppressed.
Pronounce: dak
Origin: from an unused root (compare 1794)
by it; and a flattering
chalaq (Hebrew #2509)
smooth (especially of tongue)
KJV usage: flattering, smooth.
Pronounce: khaw-lawk'
Origin: from 2505
mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
worketh
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
ruin
midcheh (Hebrew #4072)
overthrow
KJV usage: ruin.
Pronounce: mid-kheh'
Origin: from 1760
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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lying.He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury; {Proprium humani ingenii est, odisse quem læseris,} says Tacitlus:
and strange to say, in proportion to the innocence of the injured.
John 8:40,44‑49• 40but now ye seek to kill me, a man who hath spoken to you the truth which I heard from God: this Abraham did not practice.
 44Ye are of your father, the devil, and ye desire to practice the lusts of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning, and standeth not in the truth, because there is no truth in him: whenever he speaketh the lie, he speaketh out of his own things, because he is a liar, and the father of it.
 45But because I speak the truth, ye believe me not.
 46Which of you convinceth me of sin? If I speak truth, why do ye not believe me?
 47He that is of God heareth the words of God; for this cause ye hear [them] not, because ye are not of God.
 48The Jews answered and said to him, Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a demon?
 49Jesus answered, I have not a demon, but honour my Father, and ye dishonour me. (John 8:40,44‑49)
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John 10:32‑33• 32Jesus answered them, Many good works I showed you from the Father: on account of which work of them do ye stone me?
 33The Jews answered him, For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being a man, makest thyself God. (John 10:32‑33)
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John 15:22‑24• 22If I had not come and spoken to them, they had not had sin; but now they have no excuse for their sin.
 23He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
 24If I did not among them the works which no other did, they had not had sin; but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. (John 15:22‑24)
a flattering.
Prov. 6:24• 24To keep thee from the evil woman,{HR}From the smoothness of the tongue of a strange woman. (Prov. 6:24)
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Prov. 7:5,21‑23• 5That they may keep thee from the strange woman,{HR}From the stranger that flattereth with her words.
 21With her much fair speech she beguiled him;{HR}With the flattery of her lips she constrained him.
 22He goeth after suddenly, as an ox goeth to the slaughter,{HR}And as in fetters to his correction the fool;
 23Till an arrow strike through his liver,{HR}As a bird hasteth to the snare,{HR}And knoweth not that [it is] for its life. (Prov. 7:5,21‑23)
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Prov. 29:5• 5A man that flattereth his neighbour{HR}Spreadeth a net for his steps. (Prov. 29:5)
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Luke 20:20‑21• 20And having watched [him] they sent suborned persons pretending to be righteous that they might lay hold of his language so as to deliver him to the power and the authority of the governor .
 21And they asked him, saying, Teacher, we know that thou rightly sayest and teachest and acceptest no [man's] person, but in truth teachest the way of God. (Luke 20:20‑21)
• The last verse expresses a truth which has long been recognized among all nations, and is preserved in proverbial form among many peoples. “It is common for men to hate those whom they have injured” is the English rendering of the saying of Tacitus. Conscious of having wronged another, and being determined not to confess it, the dissembler will store his heart with hatred against the object of his wrongdoing. (“Proverbs Twenty-Six” by H.A. Ironside)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

W. Kelly Translation

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A lying tongue hateth the injured by it,{HR}And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.