Proverbs 15:9
Yahweh hates/detests the behavior of wicked people, but he loves those who always do what is righteous/just/fair.
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Psalms 5:5You do not allow those who are very proud to come to you to worship you. You hate all those who do evil things.
Psalms 146:8Yahweh enables those who are blind to see again. He lifts up those who have fallen down. He loves righteous people.
Proverbs 21:4Being proud and arrogant [DOU] is like a lamp [MTY] that guides wicked people; being proud and arrogant characterizes ◄wicked people’s whole behavior/everything that wicked people do►.
Proverbs 21:21Those who always try to act in a fair and kind way toward others will live a long time and be honored/respected.
Isaiah 51:1Yahweh says, “You people who desire to act righteously/justly, who want to do what I want you to do, listen to me! Think about Abraham! It is as though [MET] he was a huge rock cliff; and when you people of Israel became a nation, it was as though [MET] you were cut from that rock [DOU].
Jeremiah 44:4Many times I sent my prophets who served me, to say to them, “Do not do those abominable things that I hate!”
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 →