Proverbs 3:32
For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
In Context
31Envy not the unjust man, and do not follow his ways:
33Want is from the Lord in the house of the wicked: but the habitations of the just shall be blessed.
Cross References
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when God was secretly in my tabernacle?
Psalms 25:14The Lord is a firmament to them that fear him: and his covenant shall be made manifest to them.
Proverbs 6:12A man that is an apostate, an unprofitable man, walketh with a perverse mouth,
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the Lord hateth evil: I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.
Proverbs 14:10The heart that knoweth the bitterness of his own soul, in his joy the stranger shall not intermeddle.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to the 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 →