Proverbs 11:20
They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD; but such as are upright in their way are His delight.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
19Stedfast righteousness tendeth to life; but he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.
21My hand upon it! the evil man shall not be unpunished; but the seed of the righteous shall escape.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous, He loveth righteousness; the upright shall behold His face.
Psalms 51:6(51-8) Behold, Thou desirest truth in the inward parts; make me, therefore, to know wisdom in mine inmost heart.
Psalms 140:13(140-14) Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto Thy name; the upright shall dwell in Thy presence.
Proverbs 6:16There are six things which the LORD hateth, yea, seven which are an abomination unto Him:
Proverbs 9:7He that correcteth a scorner getteth to himself shame, and he that reproveth a wicked man, it becometh unto him a blot.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guardeth him that is upright in the way; 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 →