Proverbs 12:22

The Scriptures 1998

Lying lips are an abomination to יהוה, But those who deal truly are His delight.

Cross References

1 Kings 13:18

And he said to him, “I too am a prophet like you, and a messenger spoke to me by the word of יהוה, saying, ‘Bring him back with you to your house, and let him eat bread and drink water.’ ” But he lied to him.

Psalm 120:2

יהוה, deliver my being from false lips, From a treacherous tongue.

Psalm 5:6

You destroy those speaking falsehood; יהוה  loathes a man of blood and deceit.

Proverbs 11:1

A false scale is an abomination to יהוה, But a perfect weight is His delight.

Proverbs 11:20

The perverse of heart are an abomination to יהוה, But the perfect in the Way are His delight.

Proverbs 15:8

The slaughtering of the wrong ones Is an abomination to יהוה, But the prayer of the straight is His delight.

Proverbs 17:7

Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, Much less lying lips for a noble.

Isaiah 9:15

Elder and highly respected, he is the head; the prophet who teaches falsehood, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 9:24

but let him who boasts boast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am יהוה, doing kindness, right-ruling, and righteousness in the earth. For in these I delight,” declares יהוה.

Ezekiel 13:19

“And you have profaned Me among My people for handfuls of barley and for pieces of bread, to put to death beings that should not die, and to keep alive beings who should not live, by your lying to My people who listen to lies!”

Ezekiel 13:22

“Because with falsehood you have made the heart of the righteous sad, whom I have not made sad. And you have strengthened the hands of the wrong, so that he does not turn from his evil way, to keep him alive.

Revelation 21:8

“But as for the cowardly, and untrustworthy, and abominable, and murderers, and those who whore, and drug sorcerers, and idolaters, and all the false, their part is in the lake which burns with fire and sulphur, which is the second death.”

Revelation 22:15

“But outside are the dogs and those who enchant with drugs, and those who whore, and the murderers, and the idolaters, and all who love and do falsehood.