Proverbs 11:20
The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
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In Context
19Genuine righteousness leads to life, but the pursuit of evil brings death.
21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For the LORD is righteous; He loves justice. The upright will see His face.
Psalms 51:6Surely You desire truth in the inmost being; You teach me wisdom in the inmost place.
Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous will praise Your name; the upright will dwell in Your presence.
Proverbs 6:16There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:
Proverbs 9:7He who corrects a mocker brings shame on himself; he who rebukes a wicked man taints himself.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines 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 →