Proverbs 13:5
What does Proverbs 13:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Proverbs 13:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
KJV
King James Version · 1611A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890A righteous [man] hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 6:17
Haughty eyes, a lying tongue, And hands that shed innocent blood;
- Zechariah 11:8
And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
- Revelation 21:8
But for the fearful, and unbelieving, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part shall be in the lake that burneth with fire and brimstone; which is the second death.
- Psalms 119:163
I hate and abhor falsehood; But thy law do I love.
- Ezekiel 6:9
And those of you that escape shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captive, how that I have been broken with their lewd heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which play the harlot after their idols: and they shall loathe themselves in their own sight for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.
- Proverbs 30:8
Remove far from me falsehood and lies; Give me neither poverty nor riches; Feed me with the food that is needful for me:
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