Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. A RIGHTEOUS (MAN) HATETH LYING (NOT MERELY IN OTHERS, BUT IN HIMSELF: NOT MERELY ABSTAINS FROM IT, BUT HATETH IT): BUT A WICKED (MAN) IS LOATHSOME, AND COMETH TO SHAME - literally, 'maketh (himself) loathsome, and bringeth (himself) to shame.'...

EXPOSITION VERSE 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. PROVERBS 13:1 A WISE SON HEARETH HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second member. The Hebrew is elliptical, "A wise son, his father's discipline," _i.e._ is the object or the result of his father's education; he owes his wisdom to it. Septuagint, "A clever (πανοῦργος) son is obedient to his father." BUT A SCORNER (Proverbs 1:22) HEARETH NOT REBUKE; one who mocks at goodness and despises filial piety will not listen to reproof. Septuagint, "A disobedient son is in destruction." Compare the case of Eli's sons, and their fate ...

A RIGHTEOUS [MAN] HATETH LYING,.... Or, "a word of falsehood" y; as being contrary to honour, truth, and conscience. He hates it in himself and others; he hates all sorts of lies, lies in common conversation, religious lies, doctrinal ones, false doctrines, lies spoken in hypocrisy; such as the followers of antichrist spread, being given up unto them that they might be damned, 1 Timothy 4:2; these are an abomination to God and all good men, Revelation 21:27; BUT A WICKED [MAN] IS LOATHSOME, AND COMETH TO SHAME; or, "causes" or "spreads a stink" z: all wicked men are loathsome and abominable, being very corrupt in principle and practice; all over defiled with sin, and covered with wounds, bruises, and putrefying sores, from the crown of the head to the sole of the feet; and especi

CHAPTER 13 THE CONTRAST: ADVANTAGE AND DISADVANTAGE The contrast in Proverbs concerning the righteous and the wicked is continued in this chapter, showing mostly the advantage of the righteous, illustrating a statement found in the prophet Isaiah: “Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings” Isaiah 3:10). Then the contrast: “Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him” Proverbs 13:11). The righteous eats good by the fruit of his mouth; the transgressor receives violence. There is fatness for the soul of the diligent and nothing for the soul of the sluggard. Righteousness keepeth; wickedness overthrows. While the light of the righteous rejoiceth, the lamp of the wicked shall be put out. These a

PROVERBS 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not (Proverbs 13:12 and Proverbs 13:19 a). There is a new proverb relating to the faithfulness of messengers, perhaps with reference to diplomatic missions. PROVERBS 13:5. IS LOATHSOME: render behaves vilely. Proverbs 13:7. Both AV and RV obscure the point of the aphorism, which contrasts two equally obnoxious social shams. Translate, There are poor people who pretend to be rich, and there are rich people who feign they are poor....

HATETH LYING. Illustrations: Joseph (Genesis 46:31); Samuel (1 Samuel 3:18); Mieaiah (1 Kings 22:13; 1 Kings 22:14; 1 Kings 14:5); Elihu (Job 32:22); Hezekiah (Psalms 119:29; Psalms 119:163); David (Psalms 101:

_is loathsome_ lit. STINKETH. Comp. Ecclesiastes 10:1; Exodus 5:21, where the same Heb. word occurs. In R.V. marg. an alternative rendering is suggested: _causeth shame and bringeth reproach_....

DISCOURSE: 780 THE CHARACTER AND END OF THE WICKED Proverbs 13:5. _A wicked man is lothesome, and cometh to shame_. THE world in general uphold and countenance one another in their evil ways; some will even “make a mock at sin,” and glory in it. But God’s testimony respecting the wicked man is, that, whatever be his rank, or talents, or estimation among men, he is indeed “lothesome, and cometh to shame.” In these words we behold, I. The character of the wicked— The wicked comprehend all who are not righteous— [There are but two classes of persons mentioned in the Scriptures; and to one or other of them we all belong. There is no intermediate character. We indeed cannot always determine to which of these classes men belong, because we cannot discern the heart; but God, to whom all things are naked and open, will distinguish them from each other as easily

CHAPTER 13 TEXT Proverbs 13:1-9 1. A wise son heareth his father's instruction; But a scoffer heareth not rebuke. 2. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth; But the soul of the treacherous shall eat violence. 3. He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life; But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4. The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing; But the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5. A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. 6. Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; But wickedness overthroweth the sinner. 7. There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: There is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great wealth. 8. The ransom of a man's life is

2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM)....