Proverbs Chapter 12 consists of 28 verses,
verses 22-28 are listed below:
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.
25.Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
26.The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
27.The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
Reference Information
The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that the Lord God delighted in and delights in:
Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), Isaac and Jacob (Israel)
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.-Deuteronomy 10:15
Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.-Deuteronomy 10:15
He brought me forth also into a large place: he delivered me, because he delighted in me.-2 Samuel 22:20
Blessed be the LORD thy God, which delighted in thee to set thee on his throne, to be king for the LORD thy God: because thy God loved Israel, to establish them for ever, therefore made he thee king over them, to do judgment and justice.-2 Chronicles 9:8
Wisdom
Then I was by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him;-Proverbs 8:30
A just weight
A false balance is abomination to the LORD: but a just weight is his delight.-Proverbs 11:1
People who are blameless in their ways
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.-Proverbs 11:20
The prayer of the upright
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.-Proverbs 15:8
Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. He shall not cry, nor lift up, nor cause his voice to be heard in the street. A bruised reed shall he not break, and the smoking flax shall he not quench: he shall bring forth judgment unto truth. He shall not fail nor be discouraged, till he have set judgment in the earth: and the isles shall wait for his law.-Isaiah 42:1-4
Lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.-Jeremiah 9:24
Mercy
Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.-Micah 7:18
Reference Scriptures:
The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;-Proverbs 1:1
The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judas and his brethren;-Matthew 1:1-2...And Jesse begat David the king; and David the king begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of Urias;-Matthew 1:6...And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.-Matthew 1:16
And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,-Luke 3:23...Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of Nathan, which was the son of David,-Luke 3:31...Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.-Luke 3:38
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