Proverbs 15:26
Evil devices are an abomination to the LORD: but pleasant words are pure.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
25The LORD will root up the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house: but he that hateth gifts shall live.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous talketh of wisdom, and his tongue speaketh judgment.
Proverbs 6:16There be six things which the LORD hateth; yea, seven which are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 11:20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD: but such as are perfect in their way are his delight.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of the foolish is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Matthew 12:34Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out 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 →