Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of Yahweh, watch over knowledge, therefore hath he overturned the words of the treacherous.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11Yahweh loveth the pure in heart, gracious are his lips, his friend is the king!
13Saith the sluggard, A lion outside! Amidst the broadways, shall I be slain.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9The man of God, therefore, sent unto the king of Israel, saying—Beware of passing by this place,—for, thither, are the Syrians coming down.
Nehemiah 4:9howbeit we prayed unto our God,—and set a watch against them, day and night, because of them.
Isaiah 59:19That they may revere—From the West the name of Yahweh, And from the Rising of the Sun his glory, For he will come in like a rushing stream, the breath of Yahweh, driving it on;
Acts 5:39But, if it is, of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them: lest once, even fighters against God, ye be found.
Acts 12:23And, instantly, there smote him, a messenger of the Lord, because he gave not the glory unto God; and, becoming worm-eaten, he expired.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And, then, shall be revealed the lawless one,—whom, the Lord [Jesus], will slay with the Spirit of his mouth, and paralyse with the forthshining of his Presence:—
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 →