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

Proverbs 13:5 (KJV) |

Proverbs 13:5

From Proverbs 13, in the Book of Proverbs (Old Testament).

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3

He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

4

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

5

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

6

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

7

There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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