Proverbs 3:32
For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
In Context
31Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
33The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Cross References
Job 29:4as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
Psalms 25:14The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Proverbs 6:12A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
Matthew 11:25Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →