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John Gill's Exposition on Proverbs 26:28
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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A lying tongue hateth [those that are] afflicted by it, etc.] 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”f737 and humble men: or those who “smite” or “strike”f738 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”f739; 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;” and the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions, render it, “a lying tongue hate truth”; and so the Vulgate Latin version, “a lying tongue loves not truth”; for nothing is more contrary to a lie than truth; and a flattering mouth worketh ruin; both to itself and to the persons flattered by it: or, “makes an impulse”f740; a pushing, a driving away; it drives away such as cannot bear its flatteries: and pushes on such that are taken with it, both into sin and into ruin.
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