Proverbs 12:22
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.
23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
Proverbs 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
Revelation 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and sinful and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
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 →