Proverbs 26:28

A lying tongue hateth those that are afflicted by it; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin. A LYING TONGUE HATETH (THOSE THAT ARE) AFFLICTED BY IT. `Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; He never pardons that hath done the wrong.' So Amnon's hatred to Tamar after he had ruined her (2 Samuel 13:5). AND A FLATTERING MOUTH WORKETH RUIN (; Psalms 10:7). Satan's flattering lie, "Ye shall be as god's," worked ruin to mankind at the first. So it has been ever since (; ;...

Verse Proverbs 26:28. _A LYING TONGUE HATETH_ THOSE THAT ARE _AFFLICTED BY IT_] He that injures another hates him in proportion to the injury he has done him; and, strange to tell, in proportion to the _innocence_ of the oppressed. The debtor cannot bear the sight of his creditor; nor the knave, of him whom he has injured....

The lying tongue hates its victims....

EXPOSITION PROVERBS 26:1 Certain proverbs concerning the fool (_kesil_),_ _with the exception, perhaps, of Proverbs 26:2 (see on Proverbs 1:22). PROVERBS 26:1 AS SNOW IN SUMMER, AND AS RAIN IN HARVEST. Snow in summer would be quite unnatural and unheard of (see on Proverbs 25:13). Rain falls in the usual course of things only at stated times; whence arose the phrase of "the early and of latter rains" (see on...

A LYING TONGUE HATETH [THOSE THAT ARE] AFFLICTED BY IT,.... That is, a man of a lying tongue, that is given to lying, hates those that are hurt and crushed by his lies; the reason why he hurts them with his lies is because he hates them; and, having hurt them, he hates them, being made his enemies, and from whom he may expect and be in fear of revenge: moreover, he hates those that are troubled at and disturbed with his lies; or the "contrite" p and humble men: or those who "smite" or "strike" q him, as some render the word, actively; that is, reprove him, and bring him to shame for lying. The words are by some translated, a "contrite" person, or everyone of "the contrite ones, hateth a lying tongue" r; such as are of a broken and of a contrite spirit, and that tremble at the word of God, or are hurt by lies, these abhor a liar. The Targum is, "a lying tongue bates the ways of truth;''...

CHAPTER 26 CONCERNING THE FOOL AND THE SLUGGARD Eleven times we meet the word fool in this chapter. Three different words are used in the Hebrew for fool. The first is “avil” which signifies weakness. The second word “kesil” occurs nearly fifty times, means fat or dense. The third word is the Hebrew “nabal,” which is derived from the verb to fade, or to wither; it means a vulgar, bad man who has given himself over to wickedness. The natural man in his condition, his darkened mind, his sinfulness answers to much that is said about the fool in this book. As snow in summer and rain at harvest time are quiteimpossible in Palestine, so is honor for a fool. A fool may utter a curse, as they often do, and wish something evil, but being causeless, it will not be fulfilled. The fool needs correction, the stripes for his back, he deserves no answer, and if he is answered it must be according to hi...

THE BOOK OF FOOLS. A section containing a series of synthetic couplets dealing with folly (except Proverbs 26:2). The text is unusually corrupt and defective. PROVERBS 26:1. For the opposite use of snow in harvest _cf._ Proverbs 25:13 *. Proverbs 26:2. Directed against the superstitious belief in the magical value of a curse. The simile refers to the aimless wandering of a bird, and is not to be compared with the flying roll of curses in Zechariah 5:1....

HATETH, &C.: i.e.: "Forgiveness to the injured doth belong; They ne'er pardon who have done the wrong. ...

Comp. "Proprium humani ingenii est odisse quem læseris." Tacitus, _Agric_., cap. 42....

A LYING TONGUE HATETH, &C.— _A deceitful tongue shall suffer its own example, a deceitful mouth shall fall into ruin._ Houbigant. Our translation, however, may be justified; and the meaning is, that it is common for men to hate those to whom they have done ill turns: _Proprium humani ingenii est, odisse quem laeseris,_ says Tacitus; and this aversion is always strong in proportion to the greatness and injustice of the wrong which has been done. See Calmet....