Proverbs 11:20
An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
19Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil — for his own death.
21Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
Cross References
Psalms 11:7For righteous [is] Jehovah, Righteousness He hath loved, The upright doth His countenance see!'
Psalms 51:6Lo, truth Thou hast desired in the inward parts, And in the hidden part Wisdom Thou causest me to know.
Psalms 140:13Only — the righteous give thanks to Thy name, The upright do dwell with Thy presence!
Proverbs 6:16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
Proverbs 9:7The instructor of a scorner Is receiving for it — shame, And a reprover of the wicked — his blemish.
Proverbs 13:6Righteousness keepeth him who is perfect in the way, And wickedness overthroweth a sin offering.
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 →