Proverbs 12:22

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

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

WEB

Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.

ASV

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

LSV

Lying lips [are] an abomination to YHWH, || And steadfast doers [are] his delight.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully please him.

GNV

The lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deale truely are his delite.

JPS

Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD; but they that deal truly are His delight.

LXXE

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but he that deals faithfully is accepted with him.

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Original-language editions

WLC

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה שִׂפְתֵי־שָׁ֑קֶר וְעֹשֵׂ֖י אֱמוּנָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Βδέλυγμα Κυρίῳ χείλη ψευδῆ, ὁ δὲ ποιῶν πίστεις δεκτὸς παρʼ αὐτῷ.

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• Psalms 5:6You destroy those who tell lies; the LORD abhors the man of bloodshed and deceit.
• Proverbs 6:16–17There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
• Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Revelation 22:15But outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the sexually immoral, the murderers, the idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
• Jeremiah 9:24But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth— for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.
• Isaiah 9:15The head is the elder and honorable man, and the tail is the prophet who teaches lies.
• Proverbs 11:1Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
• Ezekiel 13:22Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
• Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
• Ezekiel 13:19You have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and scraps of bread. By lying to My people who would listen, you have killed those who should not have died and spared those who should not have lived.
• Revelation 21:8But 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.”

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