Proverbs 15:9
The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
8The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable to the LORD, but the prayer of the upright is His delight.
10Discipline is harsh for him who leaves the path; he who hates correction will die.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The boastful cannot stand in Your presence; You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 146:8the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.
Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the guides of the wicked—are sin.
Proverbs 21:21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the quarry from which you were hewn.
Jeremiah 44:4Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’
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 →