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Proverbs 29:27 (WEB)
A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

Fathers and councils · 3

Augustine of Hippo, Against Lying Chapter 33
“That city’s sons are they of whom it is written,“In their mouth was found no lie:” son of that city is he of whom is also written, “A son receiving the word shall be far from destruction: but receiving, he hath received that for himself, and nothing false proceedeth out of his mouth.”” — editor's note: Prov. xxix. 27. Lat. (not in Hebrew).
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Augustine of Hippo, Against Lying Chapter 40
“But that son, who, receiving the word shall be far from perdition, and nothing false cometh forth of his mouth, accounts it as much debarred from him if, to the succoring of his fellow man he be urged to pass through a lie, as if it were through the deed of lewdness.” — editor's note: Prov. xxix. 27. Lat.
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Augustine of Hippo, On Lying Chapter 37
“…“A son which receiveth the word shall be far from destruction: but receiving, he receiveth it for himself, and no falsehood proceedeth out of his mouth:” some one may say, that what is here set down, “A son which receiveth the word,” is to be taken for no other than the word of God, which is truth.” — editor's note: Prov. xxix. 27. Lat. Not in the Hebrew, but LXX. xxiv. 23. λόγον φυλασσόμενος υἱὸ·ς ἀπωλείας ἐκτὸς ἔσται δεχόμενος δὲ ἐδέξατο αὐτόν. Μηδὲν ψεῦδος ἀπὸ γλώσσης…
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