Proverbs 12:22
Yahweh hates lying lips, 1 but those who live faithfully are his delight. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21No ill comes on the righteous person, 1 but wicked people are filled with difficulties. 1
23A prudent man conceals his knowledge, 1 but the heart of fools shouts out folly. 1
Cross References
Psalms 5:6You will destroy liars; 1 Yahweh despises violent and deceitful men. 1
Proverbs 6:17The eyes of a proud person, a tongue that lies, 1 hands that shed the blood of innocent people, 1
Proverbs 11:20Yahweh hates those whose hearts are perverse, 1 but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. 1
Isaiah 9:15The leader and the noble man are the head; and the prophet that teaches lies is the tail. 1
Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, to kill people who should not die, and to preserve the lives of those who should not continue to live, because of your lies to my people who heard you.
Revelation 21:8But as for the cowards, the faithless, the detestable, the murderers, the sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars, their place will be in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. That is the second death.”
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 →