Proverbs 15:9
The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loves him that follows after righteousness.
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In Context
10Correction is grievous unto him that forsakes the way: and he that hates reproof shall die.
Cross References
Psalms 5:5The foolish shall not stand in your sight: you hate all workers of iniquity.
Psalms 146:8The LORD opens the eyes of the blind: the LORD raises them that are bowed down: the LORD loves the righteous:
Proverbs 21:4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 21:21He that follows after righteousness and mercy finds life, righteousness, and honour.
Isaiah 51:1Hearken to me, all of you that follow after righteousness, all of you that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence all of you are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence all of you are dug.
Jeremiah 44:4Nevertheless I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
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 →