Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight.
New American Standard Bible
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
King James Version
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Holman Bible
but faithful people are His delight.
A Conservative Version
Lying lips are an abomination to LORD, but those who deal truly are his delight.
American Standard Version
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.
Amplified
Lying lips are extremely disgusting to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.
Bible in Basic English
False lips are hated by the Lord, but those whose acts are true are his delight.
Darby Translation
Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.
Julia Smith Translation
Lips of falsehood an abomination of Jehovah: and they doing faithfulness his delight
King James 2000
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
Lexham Expanded Bible
An abomination of Yahweh are lips of deceit, but they who act faithfully [are] his delight.
Modern King James verseion
Lying lips are hateful to Jehovah, but those who deal truly are His delight.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The LORD abhoreth deceitful lips; but they that labour for truth please him.
NET Bible
The Lord abhors a person who lies, but those who deal truthfully are his delight.
New Heart English Bible
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD, but those who do the truth are his delight.
The Emphasized Bible
An abomination to Yahweh, are lips that are false, but, he that dealeth faithfully, is his delight.
Webster
Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
World English Bible
Lying lips are an abomination to Yahweh, but those who do the truth are his delight.
Youngs Literal Translation
An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 12:22
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Context Readings
Proverbs Of Solomon
21 No harm overwhelms the righteous, but the wicked overflow with trouble. 22 Deceitful speech is reprehensible to the LORD, but those who act faithfully are his delight. 23 A prudent man keeps what he knows to himself, but the hearts of fools shout forth their foolishness.
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Revelation 22:15
Outside are dogs, sorcerers, immoral people, murderers, idolaters, and everyone who loves and practices falsehood.
Proverbs 11:20
Devious minds are abhorrent to the LORD, but those whose ways are innocent are his delight.
Proverbs 11:1
The LORD hates false scales, but he delights in accurate weights.
Psalm 5:6
You will destroy those who speak lies. The LORD abhors the person of bloodshed and deceit.
Proverbs 6:16-17
Here are six things that the LORD hates seven, in fact, are detestable to him:
Proverbs 15:8
The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
Isaiah 9:15
the elder and the dignitary is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail.
Jeremiah 9:24
Rather, let the one who boasts, boast in this: that he understands and knows me, for I am the LORD who acts with gracious love, justice, and righteousness in the land. I delight in these things," declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 13:19
You've profaned me among my people for a handful of barley and a morsel of bread. You're causing people to die who shouldn't have to die, and you're causing people to live who shouldn't survive, when you deceive my people who tend to listen to lies."
Ezekiel 13:22
"""Because you've dismayed the heart of the righteous whom I never intended to dismay with lies, and because you've encouraged the wicked so that he wouldn't abandon his evil behavior and by doing so live,
Revelation 21:8
But people who are cowardly, unfaithful, detestable, murderers, sexually immoral, sorcerers, idolaters, and all liars will find themselves in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death."