Proverbs 3:32
For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.
Catholic Public Domain 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 rival an unjust man, and do not imitate his ways.
Cross References
Job 29:4I was then just as in the days of my youth, when God was privately in my tabernacle.
Proverbs 6:12An apostate man, a harmful man, walks with a perverse mouth;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hates evil. I detest arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 14:10The heart that knows the bitterness of its own soul, in its gladness the outsider shall not meddle.
Matthew 11:25At that time, Jesus responded and said: “I acknowledge you, Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and have revealed them to little ones.
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 →