Proverbs 11:20
The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19As righteousness [tendeth] to life, so he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.
Psalms 51:6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 140:13Yea, the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Proverbs 6:16These six [things] doth Jehovah hate, yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness preserveth him that is perfect in the way; but wickedness overthroweth 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 →