Proverbs 12:22
Sfatayim (lips) of sheker are to'evah to Hashem, 1 but they that deal emunah (faithfully, truthfully) are His delight. 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21There shall no harm befall the tzaddik, 1 but the resha'im shall be filled with rah. 1
23A prudent man concealeth da'as, 1 but the lev kesilim (mind of fools) preaches folly. 1
Cross References
Psalms 5:6The holelim (arrogant) shall not stand in Thy sight; 1 Thou hatest all workers of iniquity. 1
Proverbs 6:17Haughty eyes, a lashon sheker, 1 and hands guilty of shefach dahm naki, 1
Proverbs 11:20They that are of a perverse lev are an abomination to Hashem, 1 but such as are upright in their derech are His delight. 1
Isaiah 9:15For the me'ashrei HaAm HaZeh (leaders of this people) cause them to err; 1 and they that are led of them are destroyed. 1
Ezekiel 13:19And will ye profane Me among My people for handfuls of se'orim and for pieces of lechem, to slay the nefashot that should not die, and to save the nefashot alive that should not live, by your kazav (lying) to My people that hear your kazav?
Revelation 21:8But for those of morech lev (cowardliness) and those without emunah (faith) and the ones having become vile and ratzchaniyot (murderers) and zonim (fornicators) and mekhashfim (sorcerers) and ovdei haelilim (idolaters) and all the shakranit (liars), their chelek + 21:8 See Yn 13:8 will be in the Agam (Lake) burning with Eish (fire) and Gofrit (sulfur), which is HaMavet HaSheyni (the Second Death).” + 21:8 Ps 5:6; Isa 66:24
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 →