Proverbs 12:22

²²Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord, but those who act faithfully are his delight.m

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Proverbs 12 continues the book's relentless contrast between wisdom and folly, this time with a sharp focus on the power of words and the stability of righteous living. The chapter presents a series of antithetical proverbs that pit the discipline of knowledge against the ruin of fo

References· Proverbs 12

a: v.1 — Proverbs 15:10, Proverbs 9:7-8, Psalms 119:97-100, Proverbs 18:1, Proverbs 5:12-13, Psalms 32:9, Proverbs 8:17, Psalms 92:6, 2 Thessalonians 2:10, Proverbs 2:10-11
b: v.2 — Proverbs 8:35, Acts 11:24, Psalms 112:5, Romans 5:7, Proverbs 1:31, Isaiah 32:5-7, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Psalms 9:15, Proverbs 6:18
c: v.3 — Proverbs 10:25, Ephesians 3:17, Colossians 2:7, Proverbs 12:12, Psalms 125:1-2, Job 27:16-18, Psalms 15:5, Job 5:3-5, 1 Samuel 25:33, Job 20:5-9
d: v.4 — Proverbs 31:10-25, Proverbs 14:30, Proverbs 14:1, Proverbs 21:19, 1 Corinthians 11:11, Proverbs 21:9, Proverbs 27:15-16, Proverbs 19:13-14, 1 Corinthians 11:7, Habakkuk 3:16
e: v.9 — Luke 14:11, Proverbs 13:7
f: v.10 — Deuteronomy 25:4, Numbers 22:28-32, Genesis 33:13-14, James 2:13-16, 1 John 3:17, John 19:31-32, John 4:11, Judges 1:7
g: v.11 — Proverbs 28:19, Proverbs 14:23, 1 Thessalonians 4:11-12, Psalms 128:2, Ephesians 4:28, 2 Thessalonians 3:8, Proverbs 9:6, Proverbs 7:7, Proverbs 14:4, Genesis 3:19
h: v.14 — Proverbs 18:20-21, Isaiah 3:10-11, Proverbs 13:2, Psalms 63:5, Proverbs 15:23, Matthew 10:41-42, Matthew 16:27, 2 Thessalonians 1:6-7, Hebrews 11:26, Hebrews 2:2
i: v.15 — Proverbs 3:7, Proverbs 14:16, Proverbs 26:12, Proverbs 19:20, Proverbs 16:25, Proverbs 16:2, Proverbs 14:12, Proverbs 1:5, Proverbs 9:9, Galatians 6:3
j: v.16 — Proverbs 29:11, James 1:19, Proverbs 10:12, Proverbs 25:28, Proverbs 17:9, Proverbs 14:33, Proverbs 16:22, 1 Kings 19:1-2, 1 Samuel 20:30-34
k: v.18 — Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 15:4, Psalms 57:4, James 3:6-8, Psalms 52:2, Proverbs 10:20-21, Daniel 11:33, Proverbs 25:18, Proverbs 15:7, Proverbs 4:22
l: v.19 — Proverbs 19:9, Psalms 52:4-5, Job 20:5, Zechariah 1:4-6, Acts 5:3-10, Matthew 24:35
m: v.22 — Psalms 5:6, Proverbs 11:20, Revelation 22:15, Proverbs 6:16-17, Jeremiah 9:24, Isaiah 9:15, Proverbs 11:1, Proverbs 15:8, Ezekiel 13:22, Ezekiel 13:19
n: v.25 — Proverbs 16:24, Proverbs 15:13, Proverbs 17:22, Isaiah 50:4, Proverbs 15:23, Psalms 42:11, Zechariah 1:13, Proverbs 27:9, Proverbs 12:18, Proverbs 18:14
o: v.28 — 3 John 1:11, Romans 5:21, Ezekiel 18:20-24, Titus 2:11-12, Proverbs 11:19, Proverbs 10:16, Proverbs 8:35, Deuteronomy 30:15, 1 John 3:7, 1 John 2:29

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