Proverbs 11:20
Yahweh hates those whose hearts are perverse, 1 but he delights in those whose ways are blameless. 1
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19An honest person who does what is right will live, 1 but the one who pursues evil will die. 1
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For Yahweh is righteous, and he loves righteousness; 1 the upright will see his face.
Psalms 51:6See, you desire trustworthiness in my inner self; 1 and you teach me wisdom in the secret place within. 1
Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous people will give thanks to your name; 1 the upright people will live in your presence.
Proverbs 6:16There are six things that Yahweh hates, 1 seven that are disgusting to him. 1
Proverbs 9:7Whoever disciplines a mocker receives abuse, 1 and whoever rebukes a wicked person receives insults. 1
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness protects those who are faultless in their path, 1 but wickedness turns away those who commit sin. 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 →