The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
Parallel translations
- WEB A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
- KJV A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- NKJV A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
- NASB A righteous person hates a false statement, But a wicked person acts disgustingly and shamefully.
- NLT The godly hate lies; the wicked cause shame and disgrace.
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Quick answer
The righteous hate falsehood, while the wicked bring shame on themselves. Our attitude toward truth reveals the state of our hearts.
Overview
Proverbs repeatedly ties character to one's relationship with truth, since God Himself is truth and cannot lie. The righteous share God's hatred of falsehood, while the wicked, by contrast, earn shame and disgrace through their conduct. This anticipates Christ, who is 'the truth' (John 14:6) and exposes the works of darkness.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 12
- Col 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
- Ps 119:163I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
- Eph 4:25Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
- Ezek 36:31Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
- Ezek 20:43There you will remember your ways and all the deeds with which you have defiled yourselves, and you will loathe yourselves for all the evils you have done.
- Prov 3:35The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
- Rev 21:8But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
- Zech 11:8And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
- Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Prov 30:8Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
- Prov 6:17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
- Ezek 6:9Then in the nations to which they have been carried captive, your survivors will remember Me—how I have been grieved by their adulterous hearts that turned away from Me, and by their eyes that lusted after idols. So they will loathe themselves for the evil they have done and for all their abominations.
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