Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options
Close CEB

Proverbs 12:22-24
Common English Bible

22 The Lord detests false lips;
    he favors those who do what is true.
23 The shrewd conceal their knowledge,
    but the heart of fools proclaims their stupidity.
24 A hard worker is in charge,
    while a lazy one will be sentenced to hard labor.

Read full chapter
Listen to Proverbs 12:22-24
Close NIV

Proverbs 12:22-24
New International Version

22 The Lord detests lying lips,(A)
    but he delights(B) in people who are trustworthy.(C)

23 The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,(D)
    but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.(E)

24 Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.(F)

Read full chapter
Listen to Proverbs 12:22-24
Close KJV

Proverbs 12:22-24
King James Version

22 Lying lips are abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly are his delight.

23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

Read full chapter
Next
Proverbs 11
Proverbs 13
Next
dropdown
Common English Bible (CEB)

Copyright © 2011 by Common English Bible

New International Version (NIV)

Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright ©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

NIV Reverse Interlinear Bible: English to Hebrew and English to Greek. Copyright © 2019 by Zondervan.

July Summer Surge

More on the NIV

King James Version (KJV)

Public Domain