Proverbs 12:22

A Conservative Version

Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.

Cross References

Psalm 5:6

Thou will destroy those who speak lies. LORD abhors the blood-thirsty and deceitful man.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, and the sorcerers, and the fornicators, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and every man who loves and makes a lie.

Proverbs 11:20

Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth. For in these things I delight, says LORD.

Isaiah 9:15

The elder and the honorable man, he is the head. And the prophet who teaches lies, he is the tail.

Proverbs 11:1

A FALSE balance is an abomination to LORD, but a just weight is his delight.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because with lies ye have grieved the heart of the righteous, whom I have not made sad, and strengthened the hands of the wicked, that he should not return from his wicked way, and be saved alive.

Proverbs 15:8

The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

Ezekiel 13:19

And ye have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to kill the souls who should not die, and to save the souls alive who should not live, by your lying to my people who listen to lies.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

1 Kings 13:18

And he said to him, I also am a prophet as thou are. And a [heavenly] agent spoke to me by the word of LORD, saying, Bring him back with thee into thy house that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.

Psalm 120:2

Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips, from a deceitful tongue.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not appropriate to a fool, much less lying lips to a prince.