Proverbs 26:24

New American Bible - revised edition

With their lips enemies pretend, but inwardly they maintain deceit;

Cross References

Genesis 34:13

Jacob’s sons replied to Shechem and his father Hamor with guile, speaking as they did because he had defiled their sister Dinah.

2 Samuel 13:26

Absalom then said, “If not you, then please let my brother Amnon come with us.” The king asked him, “Why should he go with you?”

2 Samuel 13:27

But at Absalom’s urging, the king sent Amnon and with him all his other sons. Absalom prepared a banquet fit for a king.

2 Samuel 20:9

Joab asked Amasa, “Is everything all right, my brother?” and with his right hand held Amasa’s beard as if to kiss him.

Nehemiah 6:2

Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us hold council together at Chephirim in the plain of Ono.” They were planning to do me harm.

Psalm 12:3

They tell lies to one another, speak with deceiving lips and a double heart.

Psalm 28:3

Do not drag me off with the wicked, with those who do wrong, Who speak peace to their neighbors though evil is in their hearts.

Psalm 41:6

My enemies say bad things against me: ‘When will he die and his name be forgotten?’

Proverbs 10:18

Whoever conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 11:1

False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but an honest weight, his delight.

Proverbs 12:17

Whoever speaks honestly testifies truly, but the deceitful make lying witnesses.

Proverbs 12:20

Deceit is in the heart of those who plot evil, but those who counsel peace have joy.

Proverbs 12:5

The plans of the just are right; the designs of the wicked are deceit.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the shrewd enlightens their way, but the folly of fools is deceit.

Proverbs 23:7

For like something stuck in the throat is that food. “Eat and drink,” they say to you, but their hearts are not with you;

Jeremiah 9:4

Each one deceives the other, no one speaks the truth. They have accustomed their tongues to lying, they are perverse and cannot repent.

1 Samuel 18:17

Saul said to David, “Look, I will give you my older daughter, Merob, in marriage if you become my warrior and fight the battles of the Lord.” Saul thought, “I will not lay a hand on him. Let the hand of the Philistines strike him.”