Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord guard knowledge, and he overturneth the words of the treacherous.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He that loveth with a pure heart, and hath grace on his lips, will have the king as his friend.
13The slothful saith, There is a lion without, in the midst of the streets shall I be murdered.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not that place; for thither the Syrians are come down.
Nehemiah 4:9(4:3) But we prayed unto our God, and set a watch over them day and night, because of the others.
Isaiah 59:19And they shall fear from the west the name of the Lord, and from the rising of the sun his glory; for there shall come distress like the stream which the Spirit of the Lord urgeth forward.
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 →