Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.
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10There is stern discipline for one who forsakes the way. Whoever hates reproof shall die.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The arrogant will not stand in your sight. You hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 146:8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind. The LORD raises up those who are bowed down. The LORD loves the righteous.
Proverbs 21:4A high look and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:21He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honour.
Isaiah 51:1“Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek the LORD. Look to the rock you were cut from, and to the quarry you were dug from.
Jeremiah 44:4However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, “Oh, don’t do this abominable thing 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 →