Proverbs 12:22
The Lord hates liars but is happy with those who are trustworthy.
Free Bible Version
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21No harm comes to the good, but trouble fills the wicked.
23If you're sensible, you don't show off your knowledge, but stupid people announce their stupidity.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies. The Lord loathes bloodthirsty and deceptive people.
Proverbs 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that murder the innocent,
Proverbs 11:20The Lord hates perverted minds, but is happy with those who live moral lives.
Isaiah 9:15Elders and honorable people are the head, and prophets who teach lies are the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19You have disgraced me among my people for a few handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to my people who believe in you, you have killed those who shouldn't have died and let others live who shouldn't.
Revelation 21:8But anyone who is a coward, who doesn't trust me, who does disgusting things, who is a murderer, who is sexually immoral, who practices witchcraft, who worships idols, who tells lies—their chosen place is in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This 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 →