The Meaning of Proverbs 12:22 Explained

Proverbs 12:22

KJV: Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly are his delight.

YLT: An abomination to Jehovah are lying lips, And stedfast doers are his delight.

Darby: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; but they that deal truly are his delight.

ASV: Lying lips are an abomination to Jehovah; But they that deal truly are his delight.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Lying  lips  [are] abomination  to the LORD:  but they that deal  truly  [are] his delight. 

What does Proverbs 12:22 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Proverbs 12

1  Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge

What do the individual words in Proverbs 12:22 mean?

An abomination to Yahweh lips [are] Lying but those who deal truthfully [are] His delight
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה שִׂפְתֵי־ שָׁ֑קֶר וְעֹשֵׂ֖י אֱמוּנָ֣ה רְצוֹנֽוֹ

תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת  An  abomination 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: תֹּועֵבָה  
Sense: a disgusting thing, abomination, abominable.
יְ֭הוָה  to  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
שִׂפְתֵי־  lips  [are] 
Parse: Noun, fdc
Root: שָׂפָה  
Sense: lip, language, speech, shore, bank, brink, brim, side, edge, border, binding.
שָׁ֑קֶר  Lying 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: שֶׁקֶר  
Sense: lie, deception, disappointment, falsehood.
וְעֹשֵׂ֖י  but  those  who  deal 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
אֱמוּנָ֣ה  truthfully 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: אֱמוּנָה  
Sense: firmness, fidelity, steadfastness, steadiness.
רְצוֹנֽוֹ  [are]  His  delight 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: רָצֹון  
Sense: pleasure, delight, favour, goodwill, acceptance, will.