KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
Proverbs 26:24–25
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Proverbs 26:24
24He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;
24‖Hee that hateth, dissembleth with his lips, and layeth vp deceit within him.
- Or, is knowen.
Proverbs 26:25
25When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
25†When he speaketh faire, beleeue him not: for there are seuen abominations in his heart.
- Heb. maketh his voice gracious.
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DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 26:24
Hates; regards with strong dislike, aversion, or enmity.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
Places, sets, puts, applies, or imposes. In KJV phrases, it may mean stores up, reveals, brings low, grasps, regards, establishes, sets an ambush, or attacks.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 (facsimile-linked witness) · Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 1890 (occurrence-specific) · KJV usage (PCE)
Fraud, guile, or any word or practice intended to mislead another into believing what is false.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
DEFINED WORDS
Proverbs 26:25
To accept as true on testimony or evidence; to be persuaded of; to trust or place confidence in.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
The number following six and preceding eight.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · KJV usage (PCE)
APPROVED COMBINED MEANING
abominations
Objects that excite loathing; especially idols or detestable practices.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Skeat 1893
The bodily organ; more often in Scripture, the inward person—the mind, will, affections, conscience, or moral character—according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
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From verse 24
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Open the full verse study20Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellers of peace is joy.
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Open the full verse study18He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
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Open the full verse study6And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
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Open the full verse study17He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
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Open the full verse study5The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
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Open the full verse study8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
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Open the full verse study1A FALSE balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight.
From verse 25
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Open the full verse study16¶ These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
17A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
18An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief,
19A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
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Open the full verse study6For 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.
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Open the full verse study3Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
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Open the full verse study2Oh 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.
3And 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.
4Take 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.
5And 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.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.
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Open the full verse study23Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
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Open the full verse study2They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
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Open the full verse study5¶ 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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