Proverbs 11:20
The perverse of heart are an abomination to YHWH, || And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
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In Context
19Correctly [is] righteousness for life, || And whoever is pursuing evil—for his own death.
21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, || And the seed of the righteous has escaped.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For YHWH [is] righteous, || He has loved righteousness, || His countenance sees the upright!
Psalms 51:6Behold, You have desired truth in the inward parts, || And in the hidden part You cause me to know Wisdom.
Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous give thanks to Your Name, || The upright dwell with Your presence!
Proverbs 6:16These six has YHWH hated, || Indeed, seven [are] abominations to His soul:
Proverbs 9:7The instructor of a scorner || Is receiving for it—shame, || And a reprover of the wicked—his blemish.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness keeps him who is perfect in the way, || And wickedness overthrows a sin offering.
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 →