Proverbs 12:22
Yahweh detests those [MTY] who tell lies, but he is delighted with those who faithfully do what they promise that they will do.
Translation for Translators
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21Bad things usually [HYP] do not happen to righteous people, but wicked people always have troubles.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6You get rid of liars, and you despise those who murder others and those who deceive others.
Proverbs 6:17People who show by their eyes that they are very proud; people who lie [MTY]; people [SYN] who kill others [SYN] who have done nothing wrong;
Proverbs 11:20Yahweh hates those who are always thinking about doing evil things, but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
Isaiah 9:15The leaders [DOU] of Israel are the head, and the prophets who tell lies are the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19You dishonored me by telling lies in order to get from my people a few handfuls of barley and a few pieces of bread. My people listen to lies; and you women who are lying to them have caused to be killed people who did not deserve to die and have ◄spared/allowed to remain alive► those who should not continue to live.”
Revelation 21:8But those who are cowardly, those who do not believe in me, those who do detestable things, those who are murderers, those who sin sexually, those who commit sorcery, those who worship idols, and every liar, will all suffer in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. Anyone who suffers in that lake will be dying the second time.”
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 →