28A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.


In Context

25 When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

26 He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.

27 He that diggeth a pit, shall fall into it: and he that rolleth a stone, it shall return to him.

28 A deceitful tongue loveth not truth: and a slippery mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hates those it hurts, and a flattering mouth works ruin.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are injured by it, and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hateth its bruised ones, And a flattering mouth worketh an overthrow!

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

26:28A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth works ruin.