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Proverbs 22:12
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The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
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Proverbs 22:12 in Other Translations
KJV
12
The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
ESV
12
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
NLT
12
The LORD preserves those with knowledge, but he ruins the plans of the treacherous.
MSG
12
God guards knowledge with a passion, but he'll have nothing to do with deception.
CSB
12
The Lord's eyes keep watch over knowledge, but He overthrows the words of the treacherous.
Proverbs 22:12 In-Context
10
Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
11
One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
12
The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13
The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14
The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD’s wrath falls into it.
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