Proverbs 11:20
Perverse ways are an abomination to the Lord: but all they that are blameless in their ways are acceptable to him.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
In Context
19A righteous son is born for life: but the persecution of the ungodly ends in death.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7The oracles of the Lord are pure oracles; as silver tried in the fire, proved in + 11:7 Gr. the earth.a furnace of earth, purified seven times.
Psalms 51:6Thou hast loved all words of destruction, and a deceitful tongue.
Proverbs 6:16For he rejoices in all things which God hates, and he is ruined by reason of impurity of soul.
Proverbs 9:7He that reproves evil men shall get dishonour to himself; and he that rebukes an ungodly man shall disgrace himself.
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 →