Proverbs 12:22

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

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Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 12. Here we have a number of proverbs handling the favourite subject of retribution ( Proverbs 12:2 f., Proverbs 12:7 ; Proverbs 12:14...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abomination, &c. See note on Proverbs 3:32 . they that deal truly are, &c. Some codices, with Septuagint, read "is" (singular). he that...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord— "The Lord (says Melancthon on this verse) recommends to us the love and care of truth, both in doctrines co...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

4. A crown, etc.] Possibly there may be a reference to the crown worn on their wedding-day by bride and bridegroom ( Song of Solomon 3:11 ; Song o...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 13 THE TONGUE "A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his MOUTH: and the doings of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him."...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 12:9 . That is to say, it matters little that one is not counted as of any importance by his neighbors if, nevertheless, he is able t...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The lip of truth shall be established forever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment. Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the c...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lying lips [are] abomination to the Lord ,.... Such that speak lies in common talk; and that deliver out doctrinal lies, false doctrines, lies in hy...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight. Ver. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord. ] Who hath...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord “The Lord,” says Melancthon, on this verse, “recommends to us the love and care of truth, both in doctrin...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

22 Lying lips are abomination to the L ORD : but they that deal truly are his delight. We are here taught, 1. To hate lying, and...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That deal truly; that speak and act sincerely and truly. He implies, that although lying lips alone are sufficient to purchase God's hatred, yet tr...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Importance Of Truth And Sound Authority ( Proverbs 12:17-24 ). In this next subsection the stress is on truth as opposed to falsehood, on auth...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 12:21 ALL WORKING FOR THE GOOD OF THE RIGHTEOUS The first clause cannot, of course, mean that nothing that appears...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 12:17 . Speaketh , literally “breathes.” Proverbs 12:18 . Speaketh , literally “babbles.” Health, “healing.” Pro...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Proverbs 12:22 I. To tell lies is pitiful and mean. Nobody who is honourable and high-minded will stoop to do it. Even when we suffer for telling...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 12:4 . A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband, as illustrated at large in chap. 31. Proverbs 12:9 . He that is despised, and hath...
The Biblical Illustrator

Lying lips are abomination to the Lord. On lying Man excels the rest of the creatures in the power of communicating thoughts one to another. Th...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 12:1 Instruction ; correction, discipline, which shows a man his faults, gives him a lowly opinion of himself, and ope...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 22. Lying lips are abomination to the Lord, He loathes liars and deceivers; but they that deal truly, practicing uprightness always, are His d...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 13:19 ; Ezekiel 13:22 ; Isaiah 9:15 ; Jeremiah 9:24 ; Proverbs 11:1 ; Proverbs 11:20 ; Proverbs 15:8 ; Proverbs 6:16 ; Proverbs 6:17...

²² Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 12:22

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 12:22