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Proverbs 13:5 KJV
Proverbs · chapter 13 · verse 5
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.Proverbs 13:5 · King James Version
Proverbs 13:5 in context
3He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
4The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
6Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
7There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
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Key words (Strong's)
- righteoustsaddîyqjustH6662 →
- loathsomebâʼashto smell badH887 →
- hatethsânêʼto hateH8130 →
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- lyingdâbâra wordH1697 →
- lyingsheqeran untruthH8267 →
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Note, 1. Where grace reigns sin is loathsome. It is the undoubted character of every righteous man that he hates lying (that is, all sin, for every sin is a lie, and particularly all fraud and falsehood in commerce and conversation), not only that he will not tell a lie, but he abhors lying, from a rooted reigning…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary