Proverbs 22:12
10 Drive out the mocker, and conflict will depart; even quarreling and insults will cease.
11 He who loves a pure heart and gracious lips will have the king for a friend.
The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
13 The slacker says, “There is a lion outside! I will be slain in the streets!”
14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the wrath of the LORD will fall into it.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD’s eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He frustrates the words of the faithless.
- KJV
- The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
- WEB
- The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
- ASV
- The eyes of Jehovah preserve [him that hath] knowledge; But he overthroweth the words of the treacherous man.
- DARBY
- The eyes of Jehovah preserve knowledge; but he overthroweth the words of the unfaithful.
- BLB
- The eyes of YHWH guard knowledge, and He twists the words of a treacherous one.
- ÅB
- Herrens øyne verner den forstandige, men han gjør den troløses ord til intet.
- OTB
- Herrens øyne våker over kunnskap, men Han omstyrter de troløses ord.
- B1930
- Herrens øine verner den forstandige, men han gjør den troløses ord til intet.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Timothy 3:8–9
Just as Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also these men oppose the truth. They are depraved in mind and disqualified from the faith.
Read in context2 Chronicles 16:9
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
Read in contextActs 13:8–12
But Elymas the sorcerer (for that is what his name means) opposed them and tried to turn the proconsul from the faith.
Read in context2 Thessalonians 2:8
And then the lawless one will be revealed, whom the Lord Jesus will slay with the breath of His mouth and annihilate by the majesty of His arrival.
Read in contextJob 5:12–13
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
Read in contextActs 12:23–24
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Read in contextMatthew 16:16–18
Simon Peter answered, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Read in contextActs 5:39
But if it is from God, you will not be able to stop them. You may even find yourselves fighting against God.”
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