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Text -- Proverbs 26:22-28 (NET)
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26:22 The words of a gossip are like delicious morsels ; they go down into a person’s innermost being .
26:23 Like a coating of glaze over earthenware are fervent lips with an evil heart .
26:24 The one who hates others disguises it with his lips , but he stores up deceit within him.
26:25 When he speaks graciously , do not believe him, for there are seven abominations within him.
26:26 Though his hatred may be concealed by deceit , his evil will be uncovered in the assembly .
26:27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it; the one who rolls a stone – it will come back on him.
26:28 A lying tongue hates those crushed by it, and a flattering mouth works ruin .
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NET Notes: Pro 26:22 The proverb is essentially the same as 18:8; it observes how appealing gossip is.
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NET Notes: Pro 26:23 The analogy fits the second line very well. Glaze makes a vessel look beautiful and certainly different from the clay that it actually is. So is one w...
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NET Notes: Pro 26:24 Hypocritical words may hide a wicked heart. The proverb makes an observation: One who in reality despises other people will often disguise that with w...
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NET Notes: Pro 26:25 “Abomination” means something that is loathed. This is a description applied by the writer, for the hypocritical person would not refer to...
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NET Notes: Pro 26:26 The Hebrew verb means “to uncover,” here in the sense of “to reveal; to make known; to expose.” The verse is promising that th...
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NET Notes: Pro 26:27 The verse is teaching talionic justice (“an eye for an eye,” etc.), and so the activities described should be interpreted as evil in their...
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