5A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;
I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.
Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.
And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have been defiled; and ye shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.
Then shall ye remember your own evil ways, and your doings that were not good, and shall lothe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(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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