Proverbs 15:26
An abomination to Jehovah [are] thoughts of wickedness, And pure [are] sayings of pleasantness.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
25The house of the proud Jehovah pulleth down, And He setteth up the border of the widow.
27A dishonest gainer is troubling his house, And whoso is hating gifts liveth.
Cross References
Psalms 37:30The mouth of the righteous uttereth wisdom, And his tongue speaketh judgment.
Proverbs 6:16These six hath Jehovah hated, Yea, seven [are] abominations to His soul.
Proverbs 11:20An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
Proverbs 24:9The thought of folly [is] sin, And an abomination to man [is] a scorner.
Matthew 12:34'Brood of vipers! how are ye able to speak good things — being evil? for out of the abundance of the heart doth the mouth speak.
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 →