Proverbs 26:28

New International Reader's Version

A tongue that tells lies hates the people it hurts. And words that seem to praise you destroy you.

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Then she told him her story. She said, “That Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to rape me.

Wisdom will save you from a woman who commits adultery. It will save you from a sinful woman and her tempting words.

Those who only pretend to praise their neighbors are spreading a net to catch them by the feet.

It keeps you from your neighbor’s wife. It keeps you from the smooth talk of a woman who commits adultery.

They will keep you from a woman who commits adultery. They will keep you from the smooth talk of a sinful wife.

But you are looking for a way to kill me. I am a man who has told you the truth I heard from God. Abraham didn’t do the things you want to do.