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Proverbs 13:5
5The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)The godly hate lies; the wicked cause shame and disgrace.
Context of Proverbs 13:5
3Those who guard their lips preserve their lives, but those who speak rashly will come to ruin. 4A sluggard’s appetite is never filled, but the desires of the diligent are fully satisfied. The righteous hate what is false, but the wicked make themselves a stench and bring shame on themselves. 6Righteousness guards the person of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner. 7One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing; 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 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Proverbs 30:8Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
- Psalms 119:163I hate and detest falsehood but I love your law.
- Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to your neighbor, for we are all members of one body.
- Colossians 3:9Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices
- Ezekiel 6:9Then in the nations where they have been carried captive, those who escape will remember me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts, which have turned away from me, and by their eyes, which have lusted after their idols. They will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their detestable practices.
- Ezekiel 20:43There you will remember your conduct and all the actions by which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evil you have done.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your sins and detestable practices.
- Zechariah 11:8In one month I got rid of the three shepherds. The flock detested me, and I grew weary of them
- Proverbs 3:35The wise inherit honor, but fools get only shame.
- Daniel 12:2Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Revelation 21:8But the cowardly, the unbelieving, the vile, the murderers, the sexually immoral, those who practice magic arts, the idolaters and all liars—they will be consigned to 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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