Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD; but they that deal truly are His delight.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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 mischief befall the righteous; but the wicked are filled with evil.
23A prudent man concealeth knowledge; but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6(5-7) Thou destroyest them that speak falsehood; the LORD abhorreth the man of blood and of deceit.
Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood;
Proverbs 11:20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD; but such as are upright in their way are His delight.
Isaiah 9:15(9-14) The elder and the man of rank, he is the head; and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19And ye have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for crumbs 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 hearken unto lies.
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 →