28A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
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Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father of it. …
And they watched him, and sent forth spies, which should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. …
With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering of her lips she forced him. …
A man that flattereth his neighbour spreadeth a net for his feet.
Jesus answered them, Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me? …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 28)There are two sorts of lies equally detestable:—1. A slandering lie, which avowedly hates those it is spoken of: A lying tongue hates those that are afflicted by it ; it afflicts them by calumnies and reproaches because it hates them, and can thus smite them secretly where they are without defence; and it hates them because it has afflicted them and made them its enemies. The mischief of this is o…
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