Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21There shall no evil happen to a righteous [man]; but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of the foolish proclaimeth folly.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6Thou wilt destroy them that speak lies: Jehovah abhorreth a man of blood and deceit.
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Isaiah 9:15the ancient and honourable, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19And will ye profane me among my people for handfuls of barley and for morsels of bread, to slay the souls that should not die, and to save the souls alive that should not live, by your lying to my people that listen to lying?
Revelation 21:8But to the fearful and unbelieving, [and sinners], and those who make themselves abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part [is] in the lake which burns with fire and brimstone; 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 →