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5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Proverbs 13:5

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Matthew Henry

(vv. 5)

Note, 1. Where grace reigns sin is loathsome. It is the undoubted character of every righteous man that he hates lying (that is, all sin, for every sin is a lie, and particularly all fraud and falsehood in commerce and conversation), not only that he will not tell a lie, but he abhors lying, from a rooted reigning principle of love to truth and justice, and conformity to God. 2. Where sin reigns t...

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