Proverbs 12:22 KJV
Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Proverbs 12:22, King James Version
In context
21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.
22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.
23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
Cross-references
- Psalms 5:6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
- Proverbs 6:16 These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
- Revelation 22:15 For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
- Proverbs 11:20 They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- Jeremiah 9:24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.