Proverbs 12:22

New American Bible - revised edition

Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who are truthful, his delight.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

But he said to him, “I, too, am a prophet like you, and an angel told me by the word of the Lord: Bring him back with you to your house to eat bread and drink water.” But he was lying to him.

Psalm 120:2

Lord, deliver my soul from lying lips, from a treacherous tongue.

Psalm 5:6

the arrogant cannot stand before your eyes. You hate all who do evil;

Proverbs 11:1

False scales are an abomination to the Lord, but an honest weight, his delight.

Proverbs 11:20

The crooked in heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those who walk blamelessly are his delight.

Proverbs 15:8

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

Proverbs 17:7

Fine words ill fit a fool; how much more lying lips, a noble!

Isaiah 9:15

Those who lead this people lead them astray, and those who are led are swallowed up.

Jeremiah 9:24

See, days are coming—oracle of the Lord—when I will demand an account of all those circumcised in the foreskin:

Ezekiel 13:19

You have profaned me among my people for handfuls of barley and crumbs of bread, slaying those who should not be slain, and keeping alive those who should not live, lying to my people, who listen to lies.

Ezekiel 13:22

Because you discourage the righteous with lies when I did not want them to be distressed, and encourage the wicked so they do not turn from their evil ways and save their lives,

Revelation 21:8

But as for cowards, the unfaithful, the depraved, murderers, the unchaste, sorcerers, idol-worshipers, and deceivers of every sort, their lot is in the burning pool of fire and sulfur, which is the second death.” The New Jerusalem.

Revelation 22:15

Outside are the dogs, the sorcerers, the unchaste, the murderers, the idol-worshipers, and all who love and practice deceit.