Proverbs 22:12
Adonai’s eyes watch over knowledge; 2 but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful. 1
One Unity Resource Bible
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
13The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! 2 I will be killed in the streets!” 1
Cross References
Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear Adonai’s name from the west, 2 and his kavod ·weighty glory· from the rising of the sun; 1 for he will come as a rushing stream, 2 which Adonai’s breath drives. 1
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 →