Proverbs 26:28

The lying tongue hates its victims.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:28

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Book of Fools. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2 ). The text is unusually corrupt a...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

hateth, &c. : i.e.: "Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; They ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. "
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it - H...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

A lying tongue hateth, &c.— A deceitful tongue shall suffer its own example, a deceitful mouth shall fall into ruin. Houbigant. Our translati...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. A lying tongue hateth (those that are) afflicted b...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Fools. Sluggards. Talkers 1-12. The vv. refer chiefly to fools.
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it. — As the remembrance of them calls up his own wickedness to the mind of the offender. This is...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 27 THE FOOL "As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest, so honor is not seemly for a fool…A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 26:2 . Therefore, if the heart knows that a curse is unjust it may rest in the certainty that it cannot harm. Verses Proverbs 26:3...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The great God that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. As a dog returneth to his vomit, so a fool returneth to hi...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

REFLECTIONS. If the Reader discovers Jesus in the midst of these verses, he will find what the wise man hath elsewhere observed, and with truth is f...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it ,.... That is, a man of a lying tongue, that is given to lying, hates those that are hurt and...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. Ver. 28. A lying tongue hateth those that are addicte...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

A lying tongue hateth , &c. That is, he who slanders others hates those whom he slanders, because, by his calumnies, he hath made them his enemi...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

THIS SECONDCHAPTER of the series is clearly the Exodus section, the work of the enemy manifesting itself in various forms of opposition to the truth,...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

28 A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. There are two sorts of lies equally...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Hateth those that are afflicted by it, because by his calumnies he hath made them his enemies. A flattering mouth; which, though it be more smoot...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 26:23 . Burning lips — i.e. , “lips whence come ardent expressions of friendship.” Silver dross . Impure silver not fre...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 26:1 . As snow in summer, which beats down the fruits; and as rain in harvest, which causes the corn to shoot in the ear; so is honour...
The Biblical Illustrator

A flattering mouth worketh ruin. How may we best cure the love of being flattered I. What flattery is. Solomon calls it “a mouth that flatters....
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 26:1-20 Certain proverbs concerning the fool ( kesil ), with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Prov...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Concerning Busybodies
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it, it is not a case of merely repeating a slander in a thoughtless manner, but a deliberate expres...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 10:32 ; John 10:33 ; John 15:22-24 ; John 8:40 ; John 8:44-49 ; Luke 20:20 ; Luke 20:21 ; Proverbs 29:5 ; Proverbs 6:24 ; Proverbs 7:2...

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

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 26:28

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 26:28