Proverbs 11:20
A depraved heart is abominable to the Lord. And his will is with those who walk in simplicity.
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In Context
19Clemency prepares life. And the pursuit of evils prepares death.
21Hand in hand, the evil shall not be innocent. But the offspring of the just shall be saved.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7The eloquence of the Lord is pure eloquence, silver tested by fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.
Psalms 51:6You have loved all precipitous words, you deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there are that the Lord hates, and the seventh, his soul detests:
Proverbs 9:7Whoever teaches a mocker causes injury to himself. And whoever argues with the impious produces a blemish on himself.
Proverbs 13:6Justice guards the way of the innocent. But impiety undermines the sinner.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 11:20
19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. It is here shown that righteousness, not only by the divine judgment, will end in life, and wickedness in death, but that righteousness, in its own nature, has a direct tendency to life and wickedness to death. 1. True holiness is true happiness; it is a preparative for it, a pledge and earnest of it. Righteousness inclines, disposes, and leads, the soul to life. 2. In like manner, those that indulge themselves in sin are… Read the whole commentary →