22Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
For without are dogs, and sorcerers, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie.
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: …
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 22)We are here taught, 1. To hate lying, and to keep at the utmost distance from it, because it is an abomination to the Lord, and renders those abominable in his sight that allow themselves in it, not only because it is a breach of his law, but because it is destructive to human society. 2. To make conscience of truth, not only in our words, but in all our actions, because those that deal truly and…
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