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Proverbs 11:20
20The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Proverbs 11:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- New International Version (NIV)The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Those of crooked heart are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the Lord, But the blameless in their ways are His delight.
Context of Proverbs 11:20
18The wicked worketh a deceitful work; but he that soweth righteousness hath a sure reward. 19As righteousness [tendeth] to life, so he that pursueth evil [doeth it] to his own death. The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in [their] way are his delight. 21Hand for hand! an evil [man] shall not be held innocent; but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered. 22A fair woman who is without discretion, is [as] a gold ring in a swine's snout.
Read all of Proverbs 11Proverbs 11:20 word by word
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה עִקְּשֵׁי־לֵ֑ב וּ֝רְצוֹנ֗וֹ תְּמִ֣ימֵי דָֽרֶךְ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Proverbs 11:20
- Proverbs 6:14deceits are in his heart; he deviseth mischief at all times, he soweth discords.
- Proverbs 8:13The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.
- Psalms 18:25With the gracious thou dost shew thyself gracious; with the upright man thou dost shew thyself upright;
- Proverbs 9:7He that instructeth a scorner getteth to himself shame; and he that reproveth a wicked [man] [getteth] to himself a blot.
- Proverbs 15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
- Proverbs 16:17The highway of the upright is to depart from evil: he that taketh heed to his way keepeth his soul.
- Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he establisheth his way.
- Psalms 11:7For righteous is Jehovah; he loveth righteousness, his countenance doth behold the upright.
- Psalms 51:6Behold, thou wilt have truth in the inward parts; and in the hidden [part] thou wilt make me to know wisdom.
- Psalms 140:13Yea, the righteous shall give thanks unto thy name; the upright shall dwell in thy presence.
Commentaries on Proverbs 11:20
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 20Verse 20 Nothing is more hateful to God, than hypocrisy and double dealing, which are here signified. God delights in such as aim and act with uprightness.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. (Compare Pr 11:5). froward--as in Pr 2:15, opposed to the simplicity and purity of the upright. in their way--or, "conduct."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Proverbs 11
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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