Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: and he ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressours.
Bible (Bishops')
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11Who so loueth cleannes of heart, for the grace of his lippes the kyng shalbe his frende.
13The slouthfull body saith there is a Lion without: I might be slaine in the streate.
Cross References
Isaiah 59:19They shall feare the name of the Lorde from the rising of the sunne, and his maiestie vnto the going downe of the same, for he shall come as a violent water streame which the winde of the Lorde hath moued.
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 →