“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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He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.