Proverbs 13:5 “The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.”

Proverbs 13:5

The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

World English Bible

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

American Standard Version

A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Geneva Bible 1599

A righteous man hateth lying wordes: but the wicked causeth slander and shame.

Darby Translation

A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.

Young's Literal Translation

A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

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Cross references

“righteous”

Colossians 3:9 Psalm 119:163 Ephesians 4:25 Proverbs 6:17 Proverbs 30:8

Colossians 3:9 · BSB

Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,

Psalm 119:163 · BSB

I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.

Ephesians 4:25 · BSB

Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

Proverbs 6:17 · BSB

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 30:8 · BSB

Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.

“is”

Ezekiel 20:43 Ezekiel 36:31 Ezekiel 6:9 Zechariah 11:8

Ezekiel 20:43 · BSB

There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.

Ezekiel 36:31 · BSB

Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.

Ezekiel 6:9 · BSB

Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they…

Zechariah 11:8 · BSB

And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.

“and”

Proverbs 3:35 Revelation 21:8 Daniel 12:2

Proverbs 3:35 · BSB

The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.

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.”

Daniel 12:2 · BSB

And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.

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

In context

4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.

6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.

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