Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
King James Version
In Context
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
13The slothful man saith, There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
Nehemiah 4:9Nevertheless we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Acts 5:39But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Acts 12:23And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall that Wicked be revealed, whom the Lord shall consume with the spirit of his mouth, and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming:
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 →