diff --git a/eslint.config.mjs b/eslint.config.mjs
index c3c276fd80f..d38969c6179 100644
--- a/eslint.config.mjs
+++ b/eslint.config.mjs
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ export default [
       'no-throw-literal': 'error',
       'no-undef': ['error', { typeof: true }],
       'no-undef-init': 'error',
-      'no-unused-expressions': ['error', { allowShortCircuit: true }],
+      'no-unused-expressions': ['error', { allowShortCircuit: true, allowTaggedTemplates: true }],
       'no-unused-vars': ['error', { args: 'none', caughtErrors: 'all' }],
       'no-use-before-define': ['error', {
         classes: true,
diff --git a/src/env_properties.h b/src/env_properties.h
index eb26d3b6cf0..c04656b7284 100644
--- a/src/env_properties.h
+++ b/src/env_properties.h
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@
   V(errno_string, "errno")                                                     \
   V(error_string, "error")                                                     \
   V(errstr_string, "errstr")                                                   \
+  V(errmsg_string, "errmsg")                                                   \
   V(events_waiting, "eventsWaiting")                                           \
   V(events, "events")                                                          \
   V(exclusive_string, "exclusive")                                             \
diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index c6b8a8d0a61..9698ad741da 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -290,6 +290,35 @@ inline MaybeLocal<Object> CreateSQLiteError(Isolate* isolate, sqlite3* db) {
       isolate, sqlite3_errmsg(db), sqlite3_errstr(errcode), errcode);
 }
 
+inline MaybeLocal<Object> CreateSQLiteError(Isolate* isolate,
+                                            sqlite3* db,
+                                            const char* message) {
+  int errcode = sqlite3_extended_errcode(db);
+  const char* errstr = sqlite3_errstr(errcode);
+  const char* errmsg = sqlite3_errmsg(db);
+  Local<String> js_errstr;
+  Local<String> js_errmsg;
+  Local<Object> e;
+  if (!String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, errstr).ToLocal(&js_errstr) ||
+      !String::NewFromUtf8(isolate, errmsg).ToLocal(&js_errmsg) ||
+      !CreateSQLiteError(isolate, message).ToLocal(&e) ||
+      e->Set(isolate->GetCurrentContext(),
+             Environment::GetCurrent(isolate)->errcode_string(),
+             Integer::New(isolate, errcode))
+          .IsNothing() ||
+      e->Set(isolate->GetCurrentContext(),
+             Environment::GetCurrent(isolate)->errstr_string(),
+             js_errstr)
+          .IsNothing() ||
+      e->Set(isolate->GetCurrentContext(),
+             Environment::GetCurrent(isolate)->errmsg_string(),
+             js_errmsg)
+          .IsNothing()) {
+    return MaybeLocal<Object>();
+  }
+  return e;
+}
+
 void JSValueToSQLiteResult(Isolate* isolate,
                            sqlite3_context* ctx,
                            Local<Value> value) {
@@ -344,6 +373,20 @@ inline void THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(Isolate* isolate, const char* message) {
   }
 }
 
+inline void THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(Isolate* isolate,
+                                   DatabaseSync* db,
+                                   const char* message) {
+  if (db->ShouldIgnoreSQLiteError()) {
+    db->SetIgnoreNextSQLiteError(false);
+    return;
+  }
+
+  Local<Object> e;
+  if (CreateSQLiteError(isolate, db->Connection(), message).ToLocal(&e)) {
+    isolate->ThrowException(e);
+  }
+}
+
 inline void THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(Isolate* isolate, int errcode) {
   const char* errstr = sqlite3_errstr(errcode);
 
@@ -3972,7 +4015,9 @@ BaseObjectPtr<StatementSync> SQLTagStore::PrepareStatement(
     StatementPtr stmt_ptr(s);
 
     if (r != SQLITE_OK) {
-      THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(isolate, session->database_.get());
+      THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(
+          isolate, session->database_.get(), "Failed to prepare statement");
+      sqlite3_finalize(s);
       return BaseObjectPtr<StatementSync>();
     }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
index eaa6d19fc7c..f17701b409a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
@@ -388,3 +388,16 @@ test('cached statements are finalized when the database is closed', () => {
     message: /no such table/i,
   });
 });
+
+test('failed prepares throw', () => {
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    sql.all`SELECT * FROM does_not_exist`;
+  }, {
+    name: 'Error',
+    message: 'Failed to prepare statement',
+    code: 'ERR_SQLITE_ERROR',
+    errcode: 1,
+    errstr: 'SQL logic error',
+    errmsg: 'no such table: does_not_exist'
+  });
+});