Proverbs 12:22
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21No trouble will come to upright men, but sinners will be full of evil.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6\5:5\The sons of pride have no place before you; you are a hater of all workers of evil.
Proverbs 6:17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 11:20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight
Isaiah 9:15The man who is honoured and responsible is the head, and the prophet who gives false teaching is the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19And you have put me to shame among my people for a little barley and some bits of bread, sending death on souls for whom there is no cause of death, and keeping those souls living who have no right to life, by the false words you say to my people who give ear to what is false.
Revelation 21:8But those who are full of fear and without faith, the unclean and takers of life, those who do the sins of the flesh, and those who make use of evil powers or who give worship to images, and all those who are false, will have their part in the sea of ever-burning fire which is the second death.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:22
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will, by the power of his grace in them, that principle of justice, keep them from the evil of sin; so that, though they be tempted, yet they shall not be overcome by the temptation, and though they may come into trouble, into many troubles, yet to them those troubles shall have no evil in… Read the whole commentary →