Proverbs 3:32
For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
In Context
31Envy you not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways.
33The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesses the habitation of the just.
Cross References
Job 29:4As I was in the days of my youth, when the secret of God was upon my tabernacle;
Psalms 25:14The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant.
Proverbs 6:12A naughty person, a wicked man, walks with a perverse mouth.
Proverbs 8:13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 14:10The heart knows his own bitterness; and a stranger does not intermeddle with his joy.
Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them unto babes.
Matthew Henry on Proverbs 3:28-35
Justice and Kindness Recommended; Caution against Envy. 27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it. 28 Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. 29 Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. 30 Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. 31 Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord :… Read the whole commentary →