Proverbs 12:22 “Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully a…”

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

World English Bible

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.

American Standard Version

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

Geneva Bible 1599

The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

Darby Translation

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.

Young's Literal Translation

An abomination to Jehovah [are] lying lips, And stedfast doers [are] his delight.

Bible in Basic English

False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.

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Cross references

“Lying”

Psalm 5:6 Revelation 22:15 Isaiah 9:15 Ezekiel 13:22 Ezekiel 13:19 Revelation 21:8

Psalm 5:6 · BSB

You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.

Revelation 22:15 · BSB

But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.

Isaiah 9:15 · BSB

The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.

Ezekiel 13:22 · BSB

Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,

Ezekiel 13:19 · BSB

You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.

Revelation 21:8 · BSB

But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”

“but”

Proverbs 11:20 Jeremiah 9:24 Proverbs 11:1 Proverbs 15:8

Proverbs 11:20 · BSB

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Jeremiah 9:24 · BSB

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Proverbs 11:1 · BSB

Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.

Proverbs 15:8 · BSB

The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

21No harm befalls the righteous, but the wicked are filled with trouble.

23A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

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