Proverbs 22:12
But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises wise words.
LXX2012 (British)
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
13The sluggard makes excuses, and says, There is a lion in the ways, and murderers in the streets.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And Elisaie sent to the king of Israel, saying, Take heed that you pass not by + 6:9 Gr. this. that place, for the Syrians are hidden there.
Nehemiah 4:9So we prayed to our God and set watchmen against them day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So shall they of the west fear the name of the Lord, and they that come from the rising of the sun his glorious name: for the wrath of the Lord shall come as a mighty river, it shall come with fury.
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 →