THEOSISProverbs 12:22Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully, please him.
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וְעֹשֵׂ֖י אֱמוּנָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Ps 5:6Neither shall the wicked dwell near thee: nor shall the unjust abide before thy eyes.
- Rev 22:15Without are dogs and sorcerers and unchaste and murderers and servers of idols and every one that loveth and maketh a lie.
- Prov 11:20A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.
- Prov 6:16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
- Prov 6:17Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Jer 9:24But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord that exercise mercy, and judgment, and justice in the earth: for these things please me, saith the Lord.
- Isa 9:15The aged and honourable, he is the head: and the prophet that teacheth lies, he is the tail.
- Prov 11:1A deceitful balance is an abomination before the Lord: and a just weight is his will.