Proverbs 11:20
They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Updated King James Version
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In Context
19As righteousness tends to life: so he that pursues evil pursues it to his own death.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For the righteous LORD loves righteousness; his countenance does behold the upright.
Psalms 51:6Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom.
Psalms 140:13Surely the righteous shall give thanks unto your name: the upright shall dwell in your presence.
Proverbs 6:16These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 9:7He that reproves a scorner gets to himself shame: and he that rebukes a wicked man gets himself a blot.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness keeps him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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 →