Proverbs 13:5
The righteous hateth the word of falsehood; but the wicked bringeth shame and dishonor.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
In Context
6Righteousness keepeth [him that is] upright on his way; but wickedness perverteth the [man of] sin.
Cross References
Psalms 119:163Falsehood I hate and abhor: but thy law do I love.
Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a tongue of falsehood, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 30:8Vanity and lying words do thou remove far from me: neither poverty nor riches give thou unto me; let me eat the bread appointed unto me:
Ezekiel 20:43And ye shall remember there your ways, and all your doings, whereby ye have been defiled; and ye shall loathe yourselves, because of all your evil deeds that ye have committed.
Daniel 12:2And many of those that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to disgrace and everlasting abhorrence.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:5
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Here is, 1. The misery and shame of the slothful. See how foolish and absurd they are; they desire the gains which the diligent get, but they hate the pains which the diligent take; they covet every thing that is to be coveted, but will do nothing that is to be done; and therefore it follows, They have nothing; for he that will not labour let him hunger, and let him not eat, 2 Thess. iii. 10 . The desire of the… Read the whole commentary →