New Living Translation
Proverbs 13:5
5The godly hate lies; the wicked cause 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
3Those who control their tongue will have a long life; opening your mouth can ruin everything. 4Lazy people want much but get little, but those who work hard will prosper. The godly hate lies; the wicked cause shame and disgrace. 6Godliness guards the path of the blameless, but the evil are misled by sin. 7Some who are poor pretend to be rich; others who are rich pretend to be poor.
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 kill the innocent,
- Proverbs 30:8First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
- Psalms 119:163I hate and abhor all falsehood, but I love your instructions.
- Ephesians 4:25So stop telling lies. Let us tell our neighbors the truth, for we are all parts of the same body.
- Colossians 3:9Don’t lie to each other, for you have stripped off your old sinful nature and all its wicked deeds.
- Ezekiel 6:9Then when they are exiled among the nations, they will remember me. They will recognize how hurt I am by their unfaithful hearts and lustful eyes that long for their idols. Then at last they will hate themselves for all their detestable sins.
- Ezekiel 20:43You will look back on all the ways you defiled yourselves and will hate yourselves because of the evil you have done.
- Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your past sins and despise yourselves for all the detestable things you did.
- Zechariah 11:8I got rid of their three evil shepherds in a single month. But I became impatient with these sheep, and they hated me, too.
- Proverbs 3:35The wise inherit honor, but fools are put to shame!
- Daniel 12:2Many of those whose bodies lie dead and buried will rise up, some to everlasting life and some to shame and everlasting disgrace.
- Revelation 21:8“But cowards, unbelievers, the corrupt, murderers, the immoral, those who practice witchcraft, idol worshipers, and all liars—their fate is 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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