Proverbs 13:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. ”

• Proverbs 13:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Proverbs 13. This chapter has little that is fresh and no new groups of proverbs. We have a well-known reference to the weariness of waiting for a hope that comes not ( Proverbs 13:12 and Proverb...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  hateth lying. Illustrations: Joseph ( Genesis 46:31-34 ); Samuel ( 1 Samuel 3:18 ); Mieaiah ( 1 Kings 22:13 ; 1 Kings 22:14 ; 1 Kings 14:5 ); Elihu ( Job 32:22 ); Hezekiah ( Psalms 119:29 ; Psal...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 780 THE CHARACTER AND END OF THE WICKED Proverbs 13:5 . A wicked man is lothesome, and cometh to shame . THE world in general uphold and countenance one another in their evil ways; s...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. A righteous (man) hateth lying (not merely in others, but in himself: not merely abstains from it, but hateth i...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  2. Read, 'the desire of the treacherous is for violence' (RM).

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  A wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. — Or it may signify, “disgraceth and putteth to shame” (by his calumnies), or “acts basely and shamefully.”

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER 14 PRIDE AND HUMILITY "A wise son heareth his father's instruction, but a scorner heareth not rebuke."- Proverbs 13:1 “Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth correction, but h...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Verse Proverbs 13:2 . Compare this with Proverbs 12:14 . As the words of a good man benefit himself as well as others, so the evil deeds of transgressors react upon themselves. Verse Proverbs 13:...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  A wise son heareth his father's instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence. He that keepeth hi...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  A righteous [man] hateth lying ,.... Or, "a word of falsehood" y; as being contrary to honour, truth, and conscience. He hates it in himself and others; he hates all sorts of lies, lies in common co...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  A righteous [man] hateth lying: but a wicked [man] is loathsome, and cometh to shame. Ver. 5. A righteous man hateth lying. ] Hateth it as hell. Rom 12:9 a "I hate and abhor lying," saith David;...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  A righteous man hateth lying Both in himself and in other men, whereby he gets that good name, which is like a precious ointment; but a wicked man Who accustoms himself to lying; cometh to shame...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

        5 A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.       Note, 1. Where grace reigns sin is loathsome. It is the undoubted character of every righteou...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Hateth lying, both in himself and in other men, whereby he getteth that good name which is like a precious ointment. A wicked man; who accustometh himself to lying, as may be gathered from the fo...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 13:5 . Lying , rather “deceit.” Stuart renders it “a false report.” Zöckler translates the latter clause of this verse, “the ungodly acteth basely and shamefully.” The tr...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Proverbs 13:1 . A wise son heareth his father's instruction. This maxim is in substance often repeated, it being of the last importance to hear the wisdom of a father proceeding from so much love,...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

  A righteous man hateth lying. Moral truthfulness I. An instinct to the righteous. “A righteous man hateth lying.” A soul that has been made right in relation to the laws of its own spiritual be...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Verse 13:1-15:19 Second section in this collection. Proverbs 13:1 A wise son heareth his father's instruction. The Authorized Version introduces the verb from the second m...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  v. 5. A righteous man hateth lying, deceitful language as well as deceitful matters; but a wicked man is loathsome, all his acts being done in baseness, and cometh to shame, literally, "maketh...

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• Proverbs 13:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Colossians 3:9 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Ephesians 4:25 ; Ezekiel 20:43 ; Ezekiel 36:31 ; Ezekiel 6:9 ; Proverbs 3:35 ; Proverbs 30:8 ; Proverbs 6:17 ; Psalms 119:163 ; Revelation 21:8 ; Zechariah...

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