Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And He loves whoever is pursuing righteousness.
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In Context
10Discipline [is] grievous to him who is forsaking the path, || Whoever is hating reproof dies.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The boastful do not station themselves before Your eyes: You have hated all working iniquity.
Psalms 146:8YHWH is loosing the prisoners, || YHWH is opening (the eyes of) the blind, || YHWH is raising the bowed down, || YHWH is loving the righteous,
Proverbs 21:4Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, || Tillage of the wicked [is] sin.
Proverbs 21:21Whoever is pursuing righteousness and kindness, || Finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to Me, you pursuing righteousness, || Seeking YHWH, || Look attentively to the rock—you have been hewn, || And to the hole of the pit—you have been dug.
Jeremiah 44:4And I send to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending, saying, Please do not do this abomination that I have hated—
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 →