Proverbs 13:5

A righteous man hateth lying ,.... Or, "a word of falsehood" F25 דבר שקר "verbum falsitatis", Montanus, Michaelis; "verbum fuci", Schulteus. ; as being contrary to honour, truth, and conscience. He hates it in himself and others; he hates all sorts of lies, lies in common conversation, religious lies, doctrinal ones, false doctrines, lies spoken in hypocrisy; such as the followers of antichrist spread, being given up unto them that they might be damned, 1 Timothy 4:2 ; these are an abomination to God and all good men, Revelation 21:27 ;

but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame ; or, "causes" or "spreads a stink" F26 יבאיש "foetere facit", Vatablus, Mercerus; "foetere faciet", Montanus; "foetere fecit foetorem", Gussetius, p. 114. "foetorem spargit", Schultens. : all wicked men are loathsome and abominable, being very corrupt in principle and practice; all over defiled with sin, and covered with wounds, bruises, and putrefying sores, from the crown of the head to the sole of the feet; and especially liars, who are often brought to shame and confusion in this life, and will hereafter come to everlasting shame and contempt. Or, "makes himself to stink" F1 "Se ipse foetere facit", Coccei Lexic. col. 77. "foetidum se reddit", Piscator. ; in the nostrils of all good men, and so brought to shame: or "digs"; a metaphor, as Cartwright thinks, from those that dig in the earth, where such as are covered with shame would gladly put their heads.