Proverbs 15:9
Yahweh hates the way of wicked people, 1 but he loves the one who pursues what is right. 1
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8Yahweh hates the sacrifices of wicked people, 1 but the prayer of upright people is his delight. 1
10Harsh discipline awaits anyone who forsakes the way 1 and he who hates correction will die. 1
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your presence; 1 you hate all who behave wickedly. 1
Psalms 146:8Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; 1 Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; 1 Yahweh loves the righteous people. 1
Proverbs 21:4Haughty eyes and a proud heart— 1 the lamp of the wicked—are sin. 1
Proverbs 21:21The one who does right and is kind— 1 this person finds life, righteousness, and honor. 1
Isaiah 51:1Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: 1 look at the rock from which you were chiseled and to the quarry from which you were cut. 1
Jeremiah 44:4So I repeatedly sent all of my servants the prophets to them. I sent them to say, 'Stop doing these 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 →