Proverbs 15:9
The ways of an ungodly man are an abomination to the Lord; but he loves those that follow after righteousness.
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Psalms 5:5For thou art not a God that desires iniquity; neither shall the worker of wickedness dwell with thee.
Psalms 146:8who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [ + 146:8 See Ps 103. 14.and green herb for the service of men;]
Proverbs 21:4A high-minded man is stout-hearted in his pride; and the lamp of the wicked is sin.
Proverbs 21:21The way of righteousness and mercy will find life and glory.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, and seek the Lord: look to the solid rock, which ye have hewn, and to the hole of the pit which ye have dug.
Jeremiah 44:4Now Jeremias came and went through the midst of the city: for they had not put him into the house of the prison.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:9
8 The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord : but the prayer of the upright is his delight. Note, 1. God so hates wicked people, whose hearts are malicious and their lives mischievous, that even their sacrifices are an abomination to him. God has sacrifices brought him even by wicked men, to stop the mouth of conscience and to keep up their reputation in the world, as malefactors come to a sanctuary, not because it is a holy place, but because it shelters them from justice; but their sacrifices,… Read the whole commentary →