Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of LORD preserve knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the treacherous man.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He who loves pureness of heart, [for] the grace of his lips, the king will be his friend.
13The sluggard says, There is a lion outside. I shall be slain in the streets.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou not pass such a place, for the Syrians are coming down there.
Nehemiah 4:9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So they shall fear the name of LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. For he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of LORD drives.
Acts 5:39but if it is from God, ye cannot overthrow it, and perhaps ye may be found to be fighting against God.
Acts 12:23And immediately an agent of Lord struck him, because he did not give glory to God. And after becoming worm-eaten, he expired.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless will be revealed, whom the Lord will consume with the spirit of his mouth, and will neutralize at the appearance of his coming.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 22:12
11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend. Here is, 1. The qualification of an accomplished, a complete gentleman, that is fit to be employed in public business. He must be an honest man, a man that loves pureness of heart and hates all impurity, not only pure from all fleshly lusts, but from all deceit and dissimulation, from all selfishness and sinister designs, that takes care to approve himself a man of sincerity, is just and fair from principle, and delights… Read the whole commentary →