Proverbs 26:25
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When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.

Psalm 12:2 They have spoken vain things, every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

Psalm 28:3 Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

Jeremiah 9:2-8 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors. . . .

Micah 7:5 Believe not a friend, and trust not in a prince: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that sleepeth in thy bosom.

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Jeremiah 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.

Matthew 24:23 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do not believe him.

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Proverbs 6:16-19 Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, . . .

Context
Similitudes and Instructions
24An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit. 25When he shall speak low, trust him not: because there are seven mischiefs in his heart.26He that covereth hatred deceitfully, his malice shall be laid open in the public assembly.…
Cross References
Psalm 28:3
Draw me not away together with the wicked; and with the workers of iniquity destroy me not: Who speak peace with their neighbour, but evils are in their hearts.

Proverbs 23:7
Because, like a soothsayer, and diviner, he thinketh that which he knoweth not. Eat and drink, will he say to thee: and his mind is not with thee.

Proverbs 26:23
Swelling lips joined with a corrupt heart, are like an earthern vessel adorned with silver dross.

Jeremiah 9:4
Let every man take heed of his neighbour, and let him not trust in any brother of his: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every friend will walk deceitfully.

Jeremiah 9:8
Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.

Jeremiah 12:6
For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have fought against thee, and have cried after thee with full voice: believe them not when they speak good things to thee.

Lexicon
When
כִּֽי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

he speaks
ק֭וֹלוֹ (qō·w·lōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6963: A voice, sound

graciously,
יְחַנֵּ֣ן (yə·ḥan·nên)
Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2603: To bend, stoop in kindness to an inferior, to favor, bestow, to implore

do not
אַל־ (’al-)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 408: Not

believe him,
תַּֽאֲמֶן־ (ta·’ă·men-)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 539: To confirm, support

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

seven
שֶׁ֖בַע (še·ḇa‘)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7651: Seven, seven times, a week, an indefinite number

abominations
תּוֹעֵב֣וֹת (tō·w·‘ê·ḇō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8441: Something disgusting, an abhorrence, idolatry, an idol

[fill] his heart.
בְּלִבּֽוֹ׃ (bə·lib·bōw)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre


Additional Translations
When he speaks graciously, do not believe him, for seven abominations fill his heart.When he speaks fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not; For there are seven abominations in his heart:

Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

when his voice is gracious, believe him not, for there are seven abominations in his heart.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not; for there are seven abominations in his heart:

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

When his speech is charming, don't believe him; for there are seven abominations in his heart.

When his voice is gracious trust not in him, For seven abominations are in his heart.
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