Proverbs 15:26
The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked: but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt.
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In Context
27The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house: but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue.
Cross References
Proverbs 6:16These sixe thinges doth the Lorde hate, and the seuenth he vtterly abhorreth:
Proverbs 11:20The Lorde abhorreth them that be of a corrupt heart: but he hath pleasure in them that are of an vndefiled conuersation.
Proverbs 24:9The wicked thought of the foolishe is sinne: and the scornefull is an abhomination vnto men.
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, howe can ye speake good thynges, when ye your selues are euyll? For out of the aboundauce of the heart, the mouth speaketh.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:26
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. Note, 1. Those that are elevated God delights to abase, and commonly does it in the course of his providence: The proud, that magnify themselves, bid defiance to the God above them and trample on all about them, are such as God resists and will destroy, not them only, but their houses, which they are proud of and are confident of the continuance and perpetuity of. Pride is the… Read the whole commentary →