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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 26, Verse 28

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Whoso diggeth a pit shall fall therein: and he that rolleth a stone, it will return upon him.
King James Version
A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
American Standard Version
A lying tongue hateth those whom it hath wounded; And a flattering mouth worketh ruin.
New English Translation
A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin.
World English Bible
A lying tongue hates those it hurts; and a flattering mouth works ruin.
1
Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
2
Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not thine own lips.
3
A stone [is] heavy, and the sand weighty; but a fool's wrath [is] heavier than them both.
4
Wrath [is] cruel, and anger [is] outrageous; but who [is] able to stand before envy?
5
Open rebuke [is] better than secret love.
6
Faithful [are] the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy [are] deceitful.
7
The full soul loatheth an honeycomb; but to the hungry soul every bitter thing is sweet.
8
As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so [is] a man that wandereth from his place.
9
Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so [doth] the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.
10
Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbour [that is] near than a brother far off.