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28 A lying tongue hates [a]those it crushes,
And a (A)flattering mouth works ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones

28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a smooth mouth causes ruin.

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23 He who (A)reproves a man will afterward find more favor
Than he who (B)flatters with the tongue.

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23 In the end a person who corrects someone will find more favor
    than a person with a flattering tongue.

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A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.

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A man who flatters his neighbor
    is spreading a net for his steps.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:5 Or his own steps