A Good Name

Proverbs 22:12

In 11 translations

BSB: The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
KJV: The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.the words: or, the matters
WEB: Yahweh’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
ASV: The eyes of Jehovah preserve him that hath knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
LSV: The eyes of YHWH have kept knowledge, || And He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
YLT: The eyes of Jehovah have kept knowledge, And He overthroweth the words of the treacherous.
DBY: The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
DRC: The eyes of the Lord preserve knowledge: and the words of the unjust are overthrown.
GNV: The eyes of the Lord preserue knowledge: but hee ouerthroweth the wordes of the transgressour.
JPS: The eyes of the LORD preserve him that hath knowledge, but He overthroweth the words of the faithless man.
LXXE: But the eyes of the Lord preserve discretion; but the transgressor despises wise words.

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Original-language editions

WLC: עֵינֵ֣י יְ֭הוָה נָ֣צְרוּ דָ֑עַת וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף דִּבְרֵ֥י בֹגֵֽד׃
LXX-Br: Οἱ δὲ ὀφθαλμοὶ Κυρίου διατηροῦσιν αἴσθησιν, φαυλίζει δὲ λόγους παράνομος.

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Cross-references most cited first

2 Timothy 3:8–9Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith. But they will not advance much further. For just like Jannes and Jambres, their…
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be…
Acts 13:8–12But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith. Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked directly at Elymas and…
2 Thessalonians 2:8And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Acts 12:23–24Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died. But the word of God continued to spread and multiply.
Job 5:12–13He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success. He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
Revelation 11:3–11And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.” These witnesses are the two olive trees and the two lampstands that stand before the Lord of the earth. If anyone wants…
Acts 8:9–12Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great, and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and…
Acts 5:39But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
Matthew 16:16–18Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven. And I tell…
Isaiah 59:19–21So shall they fear the name of the LORD where the sun sets, and His glory where it rises. For He will come like a raging flood, driven by the breath of the LORD. “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who…
Revelation 12:14–17But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time. Then from the mouth of the…

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