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Proverbs 12:22
v. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord, He loathes liars and deceivers; but they that deal truly, practicing uprightness always, are His delight.
v. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord, He loathes liars and deceivers; but they that deal truly, practicing uprightness always, are His delight.
CHAPTER 12 THE CONTRAST IN RELATION TO VARIOUS CONDITIONS In these proverbs we have the righteous mentioned, his thoughts, his words, his domestic relationship, his attitude toward animal creation Pro...
PROVERBS 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution (Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7; Proverbs 12:14;...
ABOMINATION, &C. See note on Proverbs 3:32. THEY THAT DEAL TRULY ARE, &C. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "is" (singular). he that dealeth, &c....
LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD— "The Lord (says Melancthon on this verse) recommends to us the love and care of truth, both in doctrines concerning himself, and in arts, and all honest covenan...
TEXT Proverbs 12:20-28 20. Deceit is in the heart of them that devise evil; But to the counsellors of peace is joy. 21. There shall be no mischief happen to the righteous; But the wicked shall b...
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. LYING LIPS ARE ABOMINATION TO THE LORD: BUT THEY THAT DEAL TRULY ARE HIS DELIGHT. Not merely they that speak truly...
4. A CROWN, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom (Song of Solomon 3:11; Song of Solomon 8:9). In Damascus the bridal crown consists of...
Sometimes, we need to remember simple facts. Some wise words are complex, like a puzzle. Other wise words are very easy to understand. Even a little child can understand this verse....
LESSONS ABOUT WISDOM PROVERBS _KEITH SIMONS_ CHAPTER 12 V1 A person who loves knowledge will accept correction. Only a stupid person hates correction....
תֹּועֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה שִׂפְתֵי ־שָׁ֑קֶר וְ עֹשֵׂ֖י...
CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."- Proverbs 12:14 "In the transgression of the LIPS i...
Verse Proverbs 12:9. That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able to keep a servant, that is, to employ someone to minis...
The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil hap...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 10 THROUGH 31. In chapter 10 begin the details which teach those who give ear how to avoid the snares into which the simple might fall, the path to be followe...
LYING LIPS [ARE] ABOMINATION TO THE LORD,.... Such that speak lies in common talk; and that deliver out doctrinal lies, false doctrines, lies in hypocrisy, as are the doctrines of Rome; these are abom...
Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight. Ver. 22. _Lying lips are abomination to the Lord._] Who hath therefore threatened to "cut them off," Psa 12:3 and...
_Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord_ “The Lord,” says Melancthon, on this verse, “recommends to us the love and care of truth, both in doctrines concerning himself, and in arts, and all honest...
THAT DEAL TRULY; that speak and act sincerely and truly. He implies, that although lying lips alone are sufficient to purchase God's hatred, yet truth in a man's speech is not sufficient to procure Go...
Proverbs 12:22 Lying H8267 lips H8193 abomination H8441 LORD H3068 deal H6213 (H8802) truthfully H530 delight H7522
THE IMPORTANCE OF TRUTH AND SOUND AUTHORITY (PROVERBS 12:17). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on authority as opposed to disobedience, and on the benefits accru...
Proverbs 12:22 I. To tell lies is pitiful and mean. Nobody who is honourable and high-minded will stoop to do it. Even when we suffer for telling the truth, it is far better to have the courage to st...
CONTENTS: Proverbs contrasting good and evil. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: In the life of the righteous, there is all true comfort and satisfaction and at the end of life there is eternal joy. The m...
Proverbs 12:4. _A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband,_ as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9. _He that is despised, and hath a servant._ There are various comments here. He that is...
_Lying lips are abomination to the Lord._ ON LYING Man excels the rest of the creatures in the power of communicating thoughts one to another. The creatures are taught, by nature, almost immediately,...
PROVERBS—NOTE ON PROVERBS 12:16 The fool’s perspective of being “right in his own eyes” (v. Proverbs 12:15) is illustrated in his speech, which is contrasted with that of the wise....
CRITICAL NOTES.— PROVERBS 12:17. SPEAKETH, literally “breathes.” PROVERBS 12:18. SPEAKETH, literally “babbles.” Health, “healing.” PROVERBS 12:19. A MOMENT, literally “while I wink.”...
_MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:21_ ALL WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF THE RIGHTEOUS The first clause cannot, of course, mean that nothing that appears evil—that no sorrow or loss happens to the just. Such...
EXPOSITION PROVERBS 12:1 INSTRUCTION; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and opens his mind to receive _knowledge, _especially the knowledge o...
Whoso loves instruction loves knowledge: but he who hates reproof is brutish (Proverbs 12:1). And there's a lot in the Proverbs about instructing a wise man and he will love you. Instruct a fool and...
Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 13:22; Isaiah 9:15; Jeremiah 9:24; Proverbs 1