God’s Word Translation
Proverbs 13:5
5A righteous person hates lying, but a wicked person behaves with shame and disgrace.
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
3Whoever controls his mouth protects his own life. Whoever has a big mouth comes to ruin. 4A lazy person craves food and there is none, but the appetite of hard-working people is satisfied. A righteous person hates lying, but a wicked person behaves with shame and disgrace. 6Righteousness protects the honest way of life, but wickedness ruins a sacrifice for sin. 7One person pretends to be rich but has nothing. Another pretends to be poor but 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 6:17arrogant eyes, a lying tongue, hands that kill innocent people,
- Proverbs 30:8Keep vanity and lies far away from me. Don’t give me either poverty or riches. Feed me ⌞only⌟ the food I need,
- Psalms 119:163I hate lying; I am disgusted with it. I love your teachings.
- Ephesians 4:25So then, get rid of lies. Speak the truth to each other, because we are all members of the same body.
- Colossians 3:9Don’t lie to each other. You’ve gotten rid of the person you used to be and the life you used to live,
- Ezekiel 6:9Then those who escape will remember me among the nations where they are taken captive. I was hurt by their adulterous hearts, which turned away from me, and by their eyes, which lusted after idols. They will hate themselves for the evil and disgusting things that they have done.
- Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember the way you lived and everything you did to dishonor yourselves. You will be disgusted by every wrong thing that you did.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and the bad things that you did, and you will hate yourselves for all these wicked and disgusting things.
- Zechariah 11:8I got rid of three shepherds in one month. I became impatient with the sheep, and they also became disgusted with me.
- Proverbs 3:35Wise people will inherit honor, but fools will bear disgrace.
- Daniel 12:2Many sleeping in the ground will wake up. Some will wake up to live forever, but others will wake up to be ashamed and disgraced forever.
- Revelation 21:8But cowardly, unfaithful, and detestable people, murderers, sexual sinners, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This 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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