Proverbs 11:20

תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה עִקְּשֵׁי ־ לֵב וּרְצוֹנוֹ תְּמִימֵי דָֽרֶךְ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

In Context

19כֵּן ־ צְדָקָה לְחַיִּים וּמְרַדֵּף רָעָה לְמוֹתֽוֹ ׃

21יָד לְיָד לֹא ־ יִנָּקֶה רָּע וְזֶרַע צַדִּיקִים נִמְלָֽט ׃

Read all of Proverbs 11

Cross References

Psalms 11:7כִּֽי ־ צַדִּיק יְהוָה צְדָקוֹת אָהֵב יָשָׁר יֶחֱזוּ פָנֵֽימוֹ ׃

Psalms 51:6לְךָ לְבַדְּךָ ׀ חָטָאתִי וְהָרַע בְּעֵינֶיךָ עָשִׂיתִי לְמַעַן תִּצְדַּק בְּדָבְרֶךָ תִּזְכֶּה בְשָׁפְטֶֽךָ ׃

Psalms 140:13ידעת כִּֽי ־ יַעֲשֶׂה יְהוָה דִּין עָנִי מִשְׁפַּט אֶבְיֹנִֽים ׃ אַךְ צַדִּיקִים יוֹדוּ לִשְׁמֶךָ יֵשְׁבוּ יְשָׁרִים אֶת ־ פָּנֶֽיךָ ׃

Proverbs 6:16שֶׁשׁ ־ הֵנָּה שָׂנֵא יְהוָה וְשֶׁבַע תועבות נַפְשֽׁוֹ ׃

Proverbs 9:7יֹסֵר ׀ לֵץ לֹקֵחַֽ לוֹ קָלוֹן וּמוֹכִיחַ לְרָשָׁע מוּמֽוֹ ׃

Proverbs 13:6צְדָקָה תִּצֹּר תָּם ־ דָּרֶךְ וְרִשְׁעָה תְּסַלֵּף חַטָּֽאת ׃

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study Proverbs 11:20