Parallel Verses

A Conservative Version

A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

New American Standard Bible

A righteous man hates falsehood,
But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

The righteous hate lying,
but the wicked act disgustingly and disgracefully.

International Standard Version

A righteous person hates deceit, but the wicked person is shameful and disgraceful.

American Standard Version

A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.

Amplified


A righteous man hates lies,
But a wicked man is loathsome, and he acts shamefully.

Bible in Basic English

The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

Darby Translation

A righteous man hateth lying; but the wicked maketh himself odious and cometh to shame.

Julia Smith Translation

The just one will hate the word of falsehood: and the unjust one will be loathsome and be put to shame.

King James 2000

A righteous man hates lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The righteous hates a word of falsehood; the wicked will bring shame and {disgrace}.

Modern King James verseion

The righteous hates lying, but the wicked one is odious and acts shamefully.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

A righteous man abhoreth lies; but the ungodly shameth both others and himself.

NET Bible

The righteous person hates anything false, but the wicked person acts in shameful disgrace.

New Heart English Bible

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

The Emphasized Bible

A word of falsehood, the righteous man, hateth, but, the lawless, causeth shame and disgrace.

Webster

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

World English Bible

A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

Youngs Literal Translation

A false word the righteous hateth, And the wicked causeth abhorrence, and is confounded.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
צדּיק 
Tsaddiyq 
Usage: 206

שׂנא 
Sane' 
Usage: 145

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1438

but a wicked
רשׁע 
Rasha` 
Usage: 263

בּאשׁ 
Ba'ash 
Usage: 17

Context Readings

A Wise Son Lives Righteously

4 The soul of the sluggard desires, and has nothing, but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat. 5 A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome, and comes to shame. 6 Righteousness guards him who is upright in the way, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:35

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

Colossians 3:9

Do not lie to each other, having stripped off the old man with his practices,

Psalm 119:163

I hate and abhor falsehood. I love thy law.

Proverbs 6:17

haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

Proverbs 30:8

Remove far from me falsehood and lies. Give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with the food that is needful for me,

Ezekiel 6:9

And those of you who escape shall remember me among the nations where they shall be carried captive, how I have broken with their lewd heart, which has departed from me, and with they eyes, which play the harlot after their idols.

Ezekiel 20:43

And there ye shall remember your ways, and all your doings, by which ye have polluted yourselves. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then ye shall remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good. And ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.

Daniel 12:2

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

Zechariah 11:8

And I cut off the three shepherds in one month, for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.

Ephesians 4:25

Therefore having put off falsehood, let each man speak truth with his neighbor, because we are body-parts of each other.

Revelation 21:8

But for the cowards, and unbelieving, and sinful, and abominable, and murderers, and fornicators, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, their part is in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death.

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