Proverbs 13:5
3 He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin.
4 The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied.
The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
6 Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
7 One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
- KJV
- A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- WEB
- A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
- ASV
- A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
- DARBY
- A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
- BLB
- A righteous one hates a word of falsehood, and a wicked one causes stench and shame.
- ÅB
- Den rettferdige hater løgnaktige ord, men den ugudelige gjør det som ondt og skammelig er.
- OTB
- De rettferdige avskyr løgn, men de onde handler skammelig og motbydelig.
- B1930
- Den rettferdige hater løgnaktige ord, men den ugudelige gjør det som ondt og skammelig er.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Colossians 3:9
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Read in contextPsalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood, but Your law I love.
Read in contextEphesians 4:25
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
Read in contextEzekiel 36:31
Then you will remember your evil ways and wicked deeds, and you will loathe yourselves for your iniquities and abominations.
Read in contextEzekiel 20:43
There 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.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But 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.”
Read in contextProverbs 3:35
The wise will inherit honor, but fools are held up to shame.
Read in contextProverbs 30:8
Keep falsehood and deceitful words far from me. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the bread that is my portion.
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