Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the Lord watch over knowledge;but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
New Heart English Bible
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefullyis the king's friend.
13The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!I will be killed in the streets!"
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9The man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you not pass such a place; for the Syrians are coming down there."
Nehemiah 4:9But we made our prayer to our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19So shall they fear the name of the Lord from the west, and his glory from the rising of the sun; for he will come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the Lord drives.
Acts 5:39But if it is of God, you will not be able to overthrow them, and you would be found even to be fighting against God!"
Acts 12:23Immediately an angel of the Lord struck him, because he did not give God the glory, and he was eaten by worms and died.
2 Thessalonians 2:8Then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord will kill with the breath of his mouth, and destroy by the manifestation 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 →