Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

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.

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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 sluggard would fain have, and cannot get his desire; but the soul of the diligent shall have plenty. 5 A righteous man abhoreth lies; but the ungodly shameth both others and himself. 6 Righteousness keepeth the innocent in the way; but ungodliness shall overthrow the sinner.

Cross References

Proverbs 3:35

The wise shall have honour in possession, but shame is the promotion that fools shall have.

Colossians 3:9

Lie not one to another, that the old man with his works be put off,

Psalm 119:163

As for lies, I hate and abhor them; but thy law do I love.

Proverbs 6:17

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

Proverbs 30:8

Remove from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches, only grant me a necessary living.

Ezekiel 6:9

And they that escape from you, shall think upon me among the Heathen, where they shall be in captivity. As for that whorish and unfaithful heart of theirs, wherewith they run away from me, I will break it: Yea, and put out those eyes of theirs, that committed fornication with their idols. Then shall they be ashamed, and displeased with their selves, for the wickedness and abominations, which they have done:

Ezekiel 20:43

There shall ye call to remembrance your own ways and all your imaginations, wherein ye have been defiled: and ye shall be displeased with your own selves, for all your wickedness, that ye have done.

Ezekiel 36:31

Then shall ye remember your own wicked ways, and your imaginations, which were not good: so that ye shall take displeasure at your own selves, by reason of your sins and abominations.

Daniel 12:2

Many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth, shall awake, some to everlasting life, some to perpetual shame and reproof.

Zechariah 11:8

Three shepherds destroyed I in one month, for I might not away with them, neither had they any delight in me.

Ephesians 4:25

Wherefore, put away lying, and speak every man truth unto his neighbor, forasmuch as we are members one of another.

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."

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