Proverbs 3:32
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
In Context
31Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
Cross References
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the converse of God was upon my tent;
Psalms 25:14The counsel of the LORD is with them that fear Him; and His covenant, to make them know it.
Proverbs 6:12A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 14:10The heart knoweth its own bitterness; and with its joy no stranger can intermeddle.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →