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Proverbs 26:25 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 26 · verse 25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.Proverbs 26:25 · King James Version
Proverbs 26:25 in context
23Burning lips and a wicked heart are like a potsherd covered with silver dross.
24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
26Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
27Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
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Key words (Strong's)
- abominationstôwʻêbahproperly, something disgustingH8441 →
- speakethqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- believeʼâmanproperly, to build up or supportH539 →
- sevenshebaʻsevenH7651 →
- fairchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
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There is cause to complain, not only of the want of sincerity in men's profession of friendship, and that they do not love so well as they pretend nor will serve their friends so much as they promise, but, which is much worse, of wicked designs in the profession of friendship, and the making of it subservient to the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 24-26