Proverbs 13 · Verse 5

Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Proverbs 13:5, King James Version

Proverbs 13:5 in other translations

BSBThe righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace.
WEBA righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.
ASVA righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
YLTA false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.
DARBYA righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.
BBEThe upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.
WebsterA righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is lothsome, and cometh to shame.

What does Proverbs 13:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
5. loathsome ... shame--better, causeth shame and reproach (compare Pr 19:26), by slander, &c., which the righteous hates.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
Where sin reigns, the man is loathsome. If his conscience were awake, he would abhor himself, and repent in dust and ashes.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Proverbs 13:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

דְּבַר\־de.va.ro.She-a word ofH1697
שֶׁ֭קֶרShe.kerfalsehoodH8267
יִשְׂנָ֣אyis.Na'he hatesH8130
צַדִּ֑יקtza.Dika righteous [person]H6662
וְ֝רָשָׁ֗עve.ra.Sha'and a wicked [person]H7563
יַבְאִ֥ישׁyav.'Ishhe acts odiouslyH887
וְיַחְפִּֽיר\׃ve.yach.Pirand he may act shamefullyH2659

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Cross references for Proverbs 13:5

  • Colossians 3:9

    Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds;

  • Psalms 119:163

    I hate and abhor lying: but thy law do I love.

  • Ephesians 4:25

    Wherefore putting away lying, speak every man truth with his neighbour: for we are members one of another.

  • Ezekiel 36:31

    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.

  • Ezekiel 20:43

    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.

  • Revelation 21:8

    But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.

  • Proverbs 3:35

    The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools.

  • Proverbs 30:8

    Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:

  • Daniel 12:2

    And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

  • Proverbs 6:17

    A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

  • Zechariah 11:8

    Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.

  • Ezekiel 6:9

    And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives, because I am broken with their whorish heart, which hath departed from me, and with their eyes, which go a whoring after their idols: and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
righteous.
6:17; 30:8; Ps 119:163; Eph 4:25; Col 3:9
is.
Eze 6:9; 20:43; 36:31; Zec 11:8
and.
3:35; Da 12:2; Re 21:8

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Context

  • Proverbs 13:4

    The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.

  • Proverbs 13:5

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

  • Proverbs 13:6

    Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

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Proverbs 13:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El justo aborrece la palabra de mentira: mas el impío se hace odioso é infame.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le juste hait la parole mensongère, mais le méchant se rend odieux et se couvre de honte.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der Gerechte haßt Lügenrede, aber der Gesetzlose handelt schändlich und schmählich.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Verbum mendax justus detestabitur; impius autem confundit, et confundetur.