Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a perverse lev are an abomination to Hashem, 1 but such as are upright in their derech are His delight. 1
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Psalms 11:7For Hashem is tzaddik (righteous), Hashem loveth tzedakot; 1 His countenance doth behold the yashar (upright).
Psalms 51:6Against Thee, Thee only, have I sinned, 1 and done the rah in Thy sight; 1 that Thou mightest be found just when Thou speakest, 1 and be blameless when Thou judgest. 1
Psalms 140:13I know that Hashem will maintain the din oni (cause of the poor), 1 and the mishpat evyonim (the right of the needy). 1
Proverbs 6:16These shesh (six) things doth Hashem hate; 1 indeed, shevah (seven) are an abomination unto His Nefesh; 1
Proverbs 9:7He that reproveth a letz (mocker) getteth to himself shame, 1 and he that is a mochiach (reprover) of a wicked man getteth himself a blot stain. 1
Proverbs 13:6Tzedakah is guard over him whose derech is blameless, 1 but wickedness overthroweth the chattat (sinner). 1
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 →