Proverbs 26:25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
Proverbs 26:25 in other translations
| BSB | When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart. |
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| WEB | When his speech is charming, don’t believe him, for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
| ASV | When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart: |
| YLT | When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart. |
| DARBY | when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
| BBE | When he says fair words, have no belief in him; for in his heart are seven evils: |
| Webster | When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart. |
What does Proverbs 26:25 mean?
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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Proverbs 26:24-26
Always distrust when a man speaks fair unless you know him well. Satan, in his temptations, speaks fair, as he did to Eve; but it is madness to give credit to him.
Proverbs 26:25 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Proverbs 26:25
- Proverbs 6:16-19
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
- Psalms 28:3
Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Jeremiah 12:6
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.
- Jeremiah 9:2-8
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders. And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. …
- Psalms 12:2
They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Matthew 24:23
Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
- Micah 7:5
Trust ye not in a friend, put ye not confidence in a guide: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom.
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Context
- Proverbs 26:24
He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
- Proverbs 26:25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
- Proverbs 26:26
Whose hatred is covered by deceit, his wickedness shall be shewed before the whole congregation.
Proverbs 26:25 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando hablare amigablemente, no le creas; porque siete abominaciones hay en su corazón. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Quand il rend sa voix gracieuse, ne le crois point, car il y a sept abominations dans son cœur. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn er seine Stimme holdselig macht, traue ihm nicht; denn sieben Greuel sind in seinem Herzen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Quando submiserit vocem suam, ne credideris ei, quoniam septem nequitiæ sunt in corde illius. |