Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11Hee that loueth purenesse of heart for the grace of his lippes, the King shalbe his friend.
13The slouthfull man saith, A lyon is without, I shall be slaine in the streete.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9Therefore the man of God sent vnto the King of Israel, saying, Beware thou goe not ouer to such a place: for there the Aramites are come downe.
Nehemiah 4:9The we prayed vnto our God, and set watchmen by them, day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So shall they feare the Name of the Lord from the West, and his glory from the rising of the sunne: for the enemie shall come like a flood: but the Spirit of the Lord shall chase him away.
Acts 5:39But if it be of God, ye can not destroy it, lest ye be found euen fighters against God.
Acts 12:23But immediatly the Angel of the Lord smote him, because he gaue not glorie vnto God, so that he was eaten of wormes, and gaue vp the ghost.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall that wicked man be reueiled, whome the Lord shall consume with the Spirit of his mouth, and shall abolish with the brightnes of his comming,
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 →