Proverbs 13:5
A righteous man hateth lying : but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
A righteous man hateth lying,.... Or, "a word of falsehood" (y); as being contrary to honour, truth, and conscience. He hates it in himself and others; he hates all sorts of lies, lies in common…
Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714
Matthew Henry
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…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
is loathsome lit. stinketh. Comp. Ecc 10:1; Exo 5:21, where the same Heb. word occurs.
In R.V. marg. an alternative rendering is suggested: causeth shame and bringeth reproach.
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