Proverbs 13:5
The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
In Context
4The hater of work does not get his desires, but the soul of the hard workers will be made fat.
6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.
Cross References
Psalms 119:163I am full of hate and disgust for false words; but I am a lover of your law.
Proverbs 6:17Eyes of pride, a false tongue, hands which take life without cause;
Proverbs 30:8Put far from me all false and foolish things: do not give me great wealth or let me be in need, but give me only enough food:
Ezekiel 20:43And there, at the memory of your ways and of all the things you did to make yourselves unclean, you will have bitter hate for yourselves because of all the evil things you have done.
Daniel 12:2And a number of those who are sleeping in the dust of the earth will come out of their sleep, some to eternal life and some to eternal shame.
Ephesians 4:25And so, putting away false words, let everyone say what is true to his neighbour: for we are parts one of another.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:5
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Here is, 1. The misery and shame of the slothful. See how foolish and absurd they are; they desire the gains which the diligent get, but they hate the pains which the diligent take; they covet every thing that is to be coveted, but will do nothing that is to be done; and therefore it follows, They have nothing; for he that will not labour let him hunger, and let him not eat, 2 Thess. iii. 10 . The desire of the… Read the whole commentary →