Proverbs 15:9
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The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
In other translations
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
Hebrew words
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Related verses
- 1 Timothy 6:11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentleness.
- Proverbs 21:21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
- Habakkuk 1:13Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why are You silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?
- Matthew 7:13Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
- Hosea 6:3Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the Lord: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.
- Jeremiah 44:4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
- Isaiah 26:7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.
- Proverbs 21:4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
- Psalm 146:8-98 The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.8 the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous. 9 The LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
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