Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the LORD watch over knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He who loveth purity of heart, Grace is upon his lips, and the king will be his friend.
13The slothful man saith, “There is a lion without; I shall be slain in the streets.”
Cross References
Isaiah 59:19They in the west shall fear the name of Jehovah, And they in the rising of the sun his glory, When he cometh like a river straitened in its course, Which a strong wind driveth along.
Acts 5:39but if it be of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found also fighting against God.
Acts 12:23But immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory, and he was eaten by worms, and expired.
2 Thessalonians 2:8and then will the lawless one be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will consume with the breath of his mouth, and destroy with the manifestation 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 →