Proverbs 26:25
When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.
KJV
Quando submiserit vocem suam, ne credideris ei, quoniam septem nequitiæ sunt in corde illius.
Vulgate
ἐάν σου δέηται ὁ ἐχθρὸς μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, μὴ πεισθῇς· ἑπτὰ γὰρ πονηρίαι ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ αὐτοῦ.
LXX
When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:
ASV
כִּֽי יְחַנֵּ֣ן ק֭וֹל/וֹ אַל תַּֽאֲמֶן בּ֑/וֹ כִּ֤י שֶׁ֖בַע תּוֹעֵב֣וֹת בְּ/לִבּֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אַל
'l
preposition · 720×
י
y
noun · 591×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
נִי
ny
verb · 79×
נֶאֱמָ֔ן
n'mn
verb · 108×
ק֣וֹל
qvl
noun · 503×
שִׁבְעַ֥ת
shb't
adjective · 393×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Historic Christian voices
2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Sam 26:25 — Then Saul said to David, Blessed be thou, my son David: thou shalt both do great things, and also shalt still prevail. So David went on his way, and Saul returned to his place.
- 2Sam 15:5 — And it was so, that when any man came nigh to him to do him obeisance, he put forth his hand, and took him, and kissed him.
- Jer 9:2 — Oh 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.
- Jer 12:6 — For 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
- Jer 12:6 — For 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
- Luke 11:39 — And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.
- Matt 24:23 — Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
- Mic 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.
- Num 23:12 — And he answered and said, Must I not take heed to speak that which the LORD hath put in my mouth?
- Prov 6:16 — These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- Ps 12:2 — They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
- Ps 28:3 — Draw me not away with the wicked, and with the workers of iniquity, which speak peace to their neighbours, but mischief is in their hearts.
- Rom 12:9 — Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.