Proverbs 12:22 KJV — MannaFest

Proverbs 12:22

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

KJV

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ASV

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

WEB

Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.

YLT

An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

DBT

Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.

About this book

Old Testament

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Proverbs — Gnomic wisdom — sayings, instructions, and the binary of wisdom vs. folly. Fear of the LORD as the integrative theme; the virtuous woman of Prov 31 as the book's closing portrait of wisdom embodied.

Author: Solomon principally (1:1; chs 10–22:16 and 25–29 explicitly); Agur (ch 30); Lemuel's mother (ch 31:1–9); editorial compilation by Hezekiah's men (25:1).
Date: Solomon's reign c. 970–930 BC; Hezekiah's editorial layer c. 715–687 BC.

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Cross-references

22 verses on the floor

Ephesians 4:25
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
Proverbs 6:17
A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,
Psalms 5:6
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the Lord will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Proverbs 6:16–17
These six things doth the Lord hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Words5

Word trails from this verse

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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The quotation web

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The walk8

Where the connections lead

Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PRO 12:22JER 9:24 2CO 10:17
PRO 12:22REV 22:15 REV 21:8
Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
PRO 12:22JER 9:24 GAL 6:14
PRO 12:22JER 9:24 1CO 1:31
PRO 12:22JER 9:24 MIC 6:8
PRO 12:22REV 22:15 GAL 5:19-21
PRO 12:22JER 9:24 MIC 7:18
PRO 12:22REV 22:15 PHP 3:2

The whole web at once: see the Arc.

Where the connections lead

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