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Proverbs 26:28

28 A lying tongue hates 1those it crushes,

And a aflattering mouth works ruin.

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Proverbs 26:28 — The New International Version (NIV)

28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — English Standard Version (ESV)

28 A lying tongue hates its victims,

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it;

And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — New Living Translation (NLT)

28 A lying tongue hates its victims,

and flattering words cause ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,

And a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — New Century Version (NCV)

28 Liars hate the people they hurt,

and false praise can ruin others.

Proverbs 26:28 — American Standard Version (ASV)

28 A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded;

And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

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

Proverbs 26:28 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

28 A lying tongue hates its victims, 

and a flattering mouth causes ruin. 

Proverbs 26:28 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,

and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

28 A lying tongue hates its victims,

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

28 A tongue of deceit hates its victim,

and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

Proverbs 26:28 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

28 A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts.

And words that seem to praise you destroy you.


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