Proverbs 15:26
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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In Context
25The LORD will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.
27He that is greedy of gain troubles his own house; but he that hates gifts shall live.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous speaks wisdom, and his tongue talks of judgment.
Proverbs 6:16These six things does the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:
Proverbs 11:20They that are of a perverse heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can all of you, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.
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 →