Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
hateth	שׂוֹנֵ֑א so.Ne'	H8130	to hate (personally) · verb, qal active participle, masculine singular absolute
dissembleth	יִנָּכֵ֣ר yi.na.Kher	H5234	properly · verb, niphal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
lips	בִּ֭שְׂפָתָיו bis.fa.tov	H8193	the lip (as a natural boundary) · preposition + noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
up	יָשִׁ֥ית ya.Shit	H7896	to place (in a very wide application) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
deceit	מִרְמָֽה mir.Mah	H4820	fraud · noun, common feminine singular absolute
within	וּ֝בְקִרְבּ֗וֹ u.ve.kir.Bo	H7130	properly · conjunction + preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Proverbs 12:20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy.
Psalms 41:6 And if he come to see me, he speaketh vanity: his heart gathereth iniquity to itself; when he goeth abroad, he telleth it.
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Proverbs 12:5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the wicked are deceit.
Proverbs 12:17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit.
Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Proverbs 11:1 A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:24-26

There is cause to complain, not only of the want of sincerity in men's profession of friendship, and that they do not love so well as they pretend nor will serve their friends so much as they promise, but, which is much worse, of wicked designs in the profession of friendship, and the making of it subservient to the most malicious intentions. This is here spoken of as a common thing (Pro 26:24): He that hates his neighbour, and is contriving to do him a mischief, yet dissembles with his lips, professes to have a respect for him and to be ready to serve him, talks kindly with him, as Cain with Abel, asks, Art thou in health, my brother? as Joab to Amasa, that his malice may not be suspected a…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:24

dissembleth--though an unusual sense of the word (compare Margin), is allowable, and better suits the context, which sets forth hypocrisy.

John Gill on Proverbs 26:24

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips,.... He that bears a grudge in his mind, and retains hatred in his heart against any person, hides it all he can, till he has an opportunity of showing it as he would; he pretends a great deal of friendship with his lips, that his hatred might not be known; he would be thought to be a friend, when he is really an enemy; he does not choose as yet to make himself known what he is. Some render it to a sense the reverse, "the enemy", or "he that hateth, is known by his lips" (l); so the Targum, Vulgate Latin, and Syriac versions: if you carefully watch him, mark his words, and observe what he says, you will find out the hatred that lies in his heart; he c…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 26:24-25

Pro 26:24 and Pro 26:25 form a tetrastich. 24 With his lips the hater dissembleth, And in his heart he museth deceit. 25 If he maketh his voice agreeable, believe him not, For seven abominations are in his heart. All the old translators (also the Venet. and Luther) give to יגּכר the meaning, to become known; but the Niph. as well as the Hithpa. (vid., at Pro 20:11; Gen 47:17) unites with this meaning also the meaning to make oneself known: to make oneself unknown, unrecognisable = (Arab.) tanakkr, e.g., by means of clothing, or by a changed expression of countenance. (Note: Vid., de Goeje's Fragmenta Hist. Arab. ii. (1871), p. 94. The verb נכר, primarily to fix one's attention, sharply to co…

The Church Fathers

If one of the brothers who agreed upon a common pact shall suddenly on one occasion only fall into altercation with another, he may, according to the gospel, ask and receive forgiveness. But if he refuses to mend his ways, and if the one against whom a wrong has been done has not succeeded in changing the other's presumption after a first and second admonition, then he shall report it to the abbot, lest both he and his brother be endangered by this silence. As the prophet says, "He who hides his enmity maintains deceit."
— Fructuosus of Braga, MONASTIC AGREEMENT 6

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Dictionary and topics

Deceit · Hatred often concealed by — Hatred often concealed by
Falsehood · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Hatred · Leads to deceit — Leads to deceit
Hypocrisy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Proverbs 26:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:24-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:24

John Gill on Proverbs 26:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 26:24-25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Proverbs 26:24

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Proverbs 26:24-26

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Proverbs 26:24

John Gill on Proverbs 26:24

Keil & Delitzsch on Proverbs 26:24-25

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Proverbs 26:23-26

Rashi on Proverbs 26:24