Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of ye wicked are abomination to the Lord: but the pure haue pleasant wordes.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
In Context
25The Lord will destroye the house of the proude men: but hee will stablish the borders of the widowe.
27He that is greedie of gaine, troubleth his owne house: but he that hateth giftes, shall liue.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous will speake of wisedome, and his tongue will talke of iudgement.
Proverbs 6:16These sixe things doeth the Lord hate: yea, his soule abhorreth seuen:
Proverbs 11:20They that are of a froward heart, are abomination to the Lord: but they that are vpright in their way, are his delite.
Proverbs 24:9The wicked thought of a foole is sinne, and the scorner is an abomination vnto men.
Matthew 12:34O generations of vipers, howe can you speake good things, when ye are euill? For of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 15:26
The Righteous and the Wicked Contrasted. 25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow. Note, 1. Those that are elevated God delights to abase, and commonly does it in the course of his providence: The proud, that magnify themselves, bid defiance to the God above them and trample on all about them, are such as God resists and will destroy, not them only, but their houses, which they are proud of and are confident of the continuance and perpetuity of. Pride is the… Read the whole commentary →