Proverbs 11:20
A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)
In The King James Version
In Context
19Clemency prepareth life: and the pursuing of evil things, death.
21Hand in hand the evil man shall not be innocent: but the seed of the just shall be saved.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7The words of the Lord are pure words: as silver tried by the fire, purged from the earth, refined seven times.
Psalms 51:6Thou hast loved all the words of ruin, O deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 6:16Six things there are, which the Lord hateth, and the seventh his soul detesteth:
Proverbs 9:7He that teacheth a scorner, doth an injury to himself; and he that rebuketh a wicked man, getteth himself a blot.
Proverbs 13:6Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: 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 →