Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, 1 but he overthrows the words of the treacherous. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
13The lazy person says, “There is a lion in the street! 1 I will be killed in the open places.” 1
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9So the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, “Be careful not to pass that place, for the Arameans are going down there.”
Nehemiah 4:9But we prayed to our God and set a guard as protection against them day and night because of their threat.
Isaiah 59:19So they will fear the name of Yahweh from the west, and his glory from the sun's rising; for he will come as a rushing stream, driven by the breath of Yahweh. 1
Acts 5:39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them; you may even find that you are fighting against God.” So they were persuaded.
Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory; he was eaten by worms and died.
2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will kill with the breath of his mouth. The Lord will bring him to nothing by the revelation of his coming.
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 →