A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
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.
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A righteous man hateth lying,.... Or, "a word of falsehood" (y); as being contrary to honour, truth, and conscience.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
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Ephesians 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
Lying lips are detestable to the LORD, but those who deal faithfully are His delight.
so in Christ we who are many are one body, and each member belongs to one another.
Instead, speaking the truth in love, we will in all things grow up into Christ Himself, who is the head.
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Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
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to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Ezekiel 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
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Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that…
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Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
I do not understand what I do. For what I want to do, I do not do. But what I hate, I do.
And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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