Parallel Verses

Lexham Expanded Bible

A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes 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.

King James 2000

A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works 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 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall, and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back. 28 A tongue of deceit hates its victim, and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

Cross References

Proverbs 29:5

A strong man who flatters his neighbor is spreading a net for his feet.

Proverbs 6:24

[in order] to preserve you from an evil woman, from the smoothness of [the] tongue of {an adulteress}.

Proverbs 7:5

[In order] to guard yourself from {an adulteress}, from the foreigner who {makes her words smooth}.

Proverbs 7:21-23

She persuades him with the greatness of her teachings; with her smooth lips she compels him.

Luke 20:20-21

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

John 8:40

But now you are seeking to kill me, a man who spoke to you the truth which I heard from God. This Abraham did not do.

John 8:44-49

You are of your father the devil, and you want to do the desires of your father! That one was a murderer from the beginning, and does not stand firm in the truth, because truth is not in him. Whenever he speaks the lie, he speaks from his own [nature], because he is a liar and the father {of lies}.

John 10:32-33

Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good deeds from the Father. For which one 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 sin. But now they do not have a valid excuse for their sin.

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