Proverbs 15:9

תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה דֶּרֶךְ רָשָׁע וּמְרַדֵּף צְדָקָה יֶאֱהָֽב ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

In Context

8זֶבַח רְשָׁעִים תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה וּתְפִלַּת יְשָׁרִים רְצוֹנֽוֹ ׃

10מוּסָר רָע לְעֹזֵב אֹרַח שׂוֹנֵא תוֹכַחַת יָמֽוּת ׃

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Cross References

Psalms 5:5כִּי ׀ לֹא אֵֽל ־ חָפֵץ רֶשַׁע ׀ אָתָּה לֹא יְגֻרְךָ רָֽע ׃

Psalms 146:8יְהוָה ׀ פֹּקֵחַ עִוְרִים יְהוָה זֹקֵף כְּפוּפִים יְהוָה אֹהֵב צַדִּיקִֽים ׃

Proverbs 21:4רוּם ־ עֵינַיִם וּרְחַב ־ לֵב נִר רְשָׁעִים חַטָּֽאת ׃

Proverbs 21:21רֹדֵף צְדָקָה וָחָסֶד יִמְצָא חַיִּים צְדָקָה וְכָבֽוֹד ׃

Isaiah 51:1שִׁמְעוּ אֵלַי רֹדְפֵי צֶדֶק מְבַקְשֵׁי יְהוָה הַבִּיטוּ אֶל ־ צוּר חֻצַּבְתֶּם וְאֶל ־ מַקֶּבֶת בּוֹר נֻקַּרְתֶּֽם ׃

Jeremiah 44:4וָאֶשְׁלַח אֲלֵיכֶם אֶת ־ כָּל ־ עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִים הַשְׁכֵּים וְשָׁלֹחַ לֵאמֹר אַל ־ נָא תַעֲשׂוּ אֵת דְּבַֽר ־ הַתֹּעֵבָה הַזֹּאת אֲשֶׁר שָׂנֵֽאתִי ׃

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 →

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