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Proverbs 13:5
5A righteous man hates lies, But a wicked man is loathsome, and he acts shamefully.
Proverbs 13:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- New International Version (NIV)The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
- New King James Version (NKJV)A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
Context of Proverbs 13:5
3The one who guards his mouth [thinking before he speaks] protects his life; The one who opens his lips wide [and chatters without thinking] comes to ruin. 4The soul (appetite) of the lazy person craves and gets nothing [for lethargy overcomes ambition], But the soul (appetite) of the diligent [who works willingly] is rich and abundantly supplied. A righteous man hates lies, But a wicked man is loathsome, and he acts shamefully. 6Righteousness (being in right standing with God) guards the one whose way is blameless, But wickedness undermines and overthrows the sinner. 7There is one who pretends to be rich, yet has nothing at all; Another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Read all of Proverbs 13Proverbs 13:5 word by word
דְּבַר־שֶׁ֭קֶר יִשְׂנָ֣א צַדִּ֑יק וְ֝רָשָׁ֗ע יַבְאִ֥ישׁ וְיַחְפִּֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Proverbs 13:5
- Proverbs 6:17A proud look [the attitude that makes one overestimate oneself and discount others], a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 30:8Keep deception and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is my portion,
- Psalms 119:163I hate and detest falsehood, But I love Your law.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore, rejecting all falsehood [whether lying, defrauding, telling half-truths, spreading rumors, any such as these], speak truth each one with his neighbor, for we are all parts of one another [and we are all parts of the body of Christ].
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its evil practices,
- Ezekiel 6:9Then those of you who escape will remember Me among the nations to which they will be exiled, how I have been broken by their lewdness and their adulterous hearts which have turned away from Me, and by their eyes which lust after their idols; and they will loathe themselves for the evils which they have committed, for all their repulsive acts.
- Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember your ways and all your deeds with which you have defiled yourselves; and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight because of all your evil deeds which you have done.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember [clearly] your [own] evil ways and your deeds that were not good, and you will loathe yourselves in your own sight for your sins and for your outrageous atrocities.
- Zechariah 11:8Then I eliminated the three [incompetent, unfit] shepherds [the civil rulers, the priests, and the prophets] in one month, for I was impatient with them, and they also were tired of me and despised me.
- Proverbs 3:35The wise will inherit honor and glory, But dishonor and shame is conferred on fools.
- Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the ground will awake (resurrect), these to everlasting life, but some to disgrace and everlasting contempt (abhorrence).
- Revelation 21:8But as for the cowards and unbelieving and abominable [who are devoid of character and personal integrity and practice or tolerate immorality], and murderers, and sorcerers [with intoxicating drugs], and idolaters and occultists [who practice and teach false religions], and all the liars [who knowingly deceive and twist truth], their part will be in the lake that blazes with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.”
Commentaries on Proverbs 13:5
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5Verse 5 Where sin reigns, the man is loathsome. If his conscience were awake, he would abhor himself, and repent in dust and ashes.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. loathsome ... shame--better, causeth shame and reproach (compare Pr 19:26), by slander, &c., which the righteous hates.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 13
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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