New English Translation
Proverbs 13:5
5The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful 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
3The one who guards his words guards his life, but whoever is talkative will come to ruin. 4The appetite of the sluggard craves but gets nothing, but the desire of the diligent will be abundantly satisfied. The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace. 6Righteousness guards the one who lives with integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 7There is one who pretends to be rich and yet has nothing; another pretends to be poor and yet possesses 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 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 30:8Remove falsehood and lies far from me; do not give me poverty or riches, feed me with my allotted portion of bread,
- Psalms 119:163I hate and despise deceit; I love your law.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices
- Ezekiel 6:9Then your survivors will remember me among the nations where they are exiled. They will realize how I was crushed by their unfaithful heart which turned from me and by their eyes which lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves because of the evil they have done and because of all their abominable practices.
- Ezekiel 20:43And there you will remember your conduct and all your deeds by which you defiled yourselves. You will despise yourselves because of all the evil deeds you have done.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil behavior and your deeds which were not good; you will loathe yourselves on account of your sins and your abominable deeds.
- Zechariah 11:8Next I eradicated the three shepherds in one month, for I ran out of patience with them and, indeed, they detested me as well.
- Proverbs 3:35The wise inherit honor, but he holds fools up to public contempt.
- Daniel 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dusty ground will awake – some to everlasting life, and others to shame and everlasting abhorrence.
- Revelation 21:8But to the cowards, unbelievers, detestable persons, murderers, the sexually immoral, and those who practice magic spells, idol worshipers, and all those who lie, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. That 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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