Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord keep knowledge, but by him the acts of the false man will be overturned.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He whose heart is clean is dear to the Lord; for the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.
13The hater of work says, There is a lion outside: I will be put to death in the streets.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take care to keep away from that place, for the Aramaeans are waiting there in secret.
Nehemiah 4:9But we made our prayer to God, and had men on watch against them day and night because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So they will see the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the east: for he will come like a rushing stream, forced on by a wind of the Lord.
Acts 5:39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overcome them, and you are in danger of fighting against God.
Acts 12:23And straight away the angel of the Lord sent a disease on him, because he did not give the glory to God: and his flesh was wasted away by worms, and so he came to his end.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then will come the revelation of that evil one, whom the Lord Jesus will put to death with the breath of his mouth, and give to destruction by the revelation 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 →