Proverbs 26:25 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

²⁵ When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ When he speaketh fair, believe him not: For there are seven abominations in his heart.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ When he speaks kindly, do not trust him, for seven abominations are in his heart.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

Common English Bible

²⁵ Though they speak graciously, don’t believe them, for seven horrible things are in their heart.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ When he will have lowered his voice, do not believe him, for there are seven vices in his heart.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Proverbs 26:25 Cross References

Nehemiah 6:2

that Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in one of the villages in the plain of Ono. But they thought to do me mischief.

Psalm 12:2

They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: With flattering lip, and with a double heart, do they speak.

Psalm 28:3

Draw me not away with the wicked, And with the workers of iniquity; Which speak peace with their neighbours, But mischief is in their hearts

Proverbs 23:7

For as he reckoneth within himself, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; But his heart is not with thee.

Proverbs 26:23

Fervent lips and a wicked heart Are like an earthen vessel overlaid with silver dross.

Jeremiah 12:6

For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; even they have cried aloud after thee: believe them not, though they speak fair words unto thee.

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.

Matthew 24:23

Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not.

1 Samuel 18:17

And Saul said to David, Behold, my elder daughter Merab, her will I give thee to wife: only be thou valiant for me, and fight the LORD'S battles. For Saul said, Let not mine hand be upon him, but let the hand of the Philistines be upon him.