Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
In Context
11He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.
13The sluggard saith, There is a lion without: I shall be murdered in the streets.
Cross References
2 Kings 6:9And the man of God sent unto the king of Israel, saying, Beware that thou pass not such a place; for thither the Syrians are coming down.
Nehemiah 4:9But we made our prayer unto 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 shall come as a rushing stream, which the breath of the LORD driveth.
Acts 5:39but if it is of God, ye will not be able to overthrow them; lest haply ye be found even to be fighting against God.
Acts 12:23And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory: and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then shall be revealed the lawless one, whom the Lord Jesus shall slay with the breath of his mouth, and bring to nought 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 →