Proverbs 12:22
An abomination to Jehovah [are] lying lips, And stedfast doers [are] his delight.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
In Context
21No iniquity is desired by the righteous, And the wicked have been full of evil.
23A prudent man is concealing knowledge, And the heart of fools proclaimeth folly.
Cross References
Psalms 5:6Thou destroyest those speaking lies, A man of blood and deceit Jehovah doth abominate.
Proverbs 6:17Eyes high — tongues false — And hands shedding innocent blood —
Proverbs 11:20An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
Isaiah 9:15Elder, and accepted of face, he [is] the head, Prophet, teacher of falsehood, he [is] the tail.
Ezekiel 13:19Yea, ye pierce Me concerning My people, For handfuls of barley, And for pieces of bread, to put to death Souls that should not die, And to keep alive souls that should not live, By your lying to My people — hearkening to lies.
Revelation 21:8and to fearful, and unstedfast, and abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the liars, their part [is] in the lake that is burning with fire and brimstone, which is a second death.'
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 12:22
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Note, 1. Piety is a sure protection. If men be sincerely righteous, the righteous God has engaged that no evil shall happen to them. He will, by the power of his grace in them, that principle of justice, keep them from the evil of sin; so that, though they be tempted, yet they shall not be overcome by the temptation, and though they may come into trouble, into many troubles, yet to them those troubles shall have no evil in… Read the whole commentary →