Proverbs 13:5
דְּבַר ־ שֶׁקֶר יִשְׂנָא צַדִּיק וְרָשָׁע יַבְאִישׁ וְיַחְפִּֽיר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
In Context
4מִתְאַוָּה וָאַיִן נַפְשׁוֹ עָצֵל וְנֶפֶשׁ חָרֻצִים תְּדֻשָּֽׁן ׃
6צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תָּם ־ דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּֽאת ׃
Cross References
Psalms 119:163שֶׁקֶר שָׂנֵאתִי וַאֲתַעֵבָה תּוֹרָתְךָ אָהָֽבְתִּי ׃
Proverbs 6:17עֵינַיִם רָמוֹת לְשׁוֹן שָׁקֶר וְיָדַיִם שֹׁפְכוֹת דָּם ־ נָקִֽי ׃
Proverbs 30:8שָׁוְא ׀ וּֽדְבַר ־ כָּזָב הַרְחֵק מִמֶּנִּי רֵאשׁ וָעֹשֶׁר אַל ־ תִּֽתֶּן ־ לִי הַטְרִיפֵנִי לֶחֶם חֻקִּֽי ׃
Daniel 12:2וְרַבִּים מִיְּשֵׁנֵי אַדְמַת ־ עָפָר יָקִיצוּ אֵלֶּה לְחַיֵּי עוֹלָם וְאֵלֶּה לַחֲרָפוֹת לְדִרְאוֹן עוֹלָֽם ׃ ס
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 13:5
4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. Here is, 1. The misery and shame of the slothful. See how foolish and absurd they are; they desire the gains which the diligent get, but they hate the pains which the diligent take; they covet every thing that is to be coveted, but will do nothing that is to be done; and therefore it follows, They have nothing; for he that will not labour let him hunger, and let him not eat, 2 Thess. iii. 10 . The desire of the… Read the whole commentary →