Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge. And the words of the iniquitous are supplanted.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
13The lazy one says: “There is a lion outside. I might be slain in the midst of the streets.”
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And so the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying: “Take care not to pass by that place. For the Syrians are there in ambush.”
Nehemiah 4:9And we prayed to our God, and we stationed guards upon the wall, day and night, against them.
Isaiah 59:19And those from the west will fear the name of the Lord, and those from the rising of the sun will fear his glory, when he arrives like a violent river, which the Spirit of the Lord urges on.
Acts 5:39Yet truly, if it is of God, you will not be able to break it, and perhaps you might be found to have fought against God.” And they agreed with him.
Acts 12:23And immediately, an Angel of the Lord struck him down, because he had not given honor to God. And having been consumed by worms, he expired.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then that iniquitous one shall be revealed, the one whom the Lord Jesus shall bring to ruin with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy at the brightness of his return:
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 →