Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, || And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11Whoever is loving cleanness of heart, || His lips [are] grace, || A king [is] his friend.
13The slothful has said, “A lion [is] outside, || I am slain in the midst of the broad places.”
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sends to the king of Israel, saying, “Take heed of passing by this place, for the Arameans are coming down there”;
Nehemiah 4:9And we pray to our God, and appoint a watch against them, by day and by night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19And from the west they fear the Name of YHWH, || And from the rising of the sun—His glory, || When an adversary comes in as a flood, || The Spirit of YHWH has raised an ensign against him.
Acts 5:39and if it be of God, you are not able to overthrow it, lest perhaps you are also found fighting against God.”
Acts 12:23And immediately a messenger of the LORD struck him in return for that he did not give the glory to God, and having been eaten of worms, he expired.
2 Thessalonians 2:8and then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the LORD will consume with the Spirit of His mouth, and will nullify at the appearance 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 →