Proverbs 29:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ The unjust are an abomination to the righteous, but the upright are an abomination to the wicked.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ An unjust man is an abomination to the just: And he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, and he who is upright in the way [of the Lord] is an abomination to the wicked.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.

Common English Bible

²⁷ The unjust person is disgusting to the righteous; the straight path is disgusting to the wicked.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The just abhor an impious man. And the impious abhor those who are on the right way. By keeping the word, the son shall be free from perdition.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ The just abhor the wicked man: and the wicked loathe them that are in the right way. The son that keepeth the word, shall be free from destruction.

Proverbs 29:27 Cross References

Psalm 101:4

Perverseness of heart shall be far from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Psalm 119:115

Go away from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.

Psalm 139:21

Do I not hate those who hate you, O Lord? And do I not loathe those who rise up against you?

Psalm 139:22

I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies.

Psalm 6:8

Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

Psalm 69:4

More in number than the hairs of my head are those who hate me without cause; many are those who would destroy me, my enemies who accuse me falsely. What I did not steal, must I now restore?

Proverbs 12:8

One is commended for good sense, but a perverse mind is despised.

Proverbs 13:19

A desire realized is sweet to the soul, but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.

Proverbs 24:9

The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to all.

Proverbs 29:10

The bloodthirsty hate the blameless, and they seek the life of the upright.

Proverbs 30:1

The words of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle. Thus says the man: I am weary, O God; I am weary, O God, and am wasting away.

Zechariah 11:8

In one month I disposed of the three shepherds, for I had become impatient with them, and they also detested me.

Matthew 10:22

and you will be hated by all because of my name. But the one who endures to the end will be saved.

Matthew 24:9

“Then they will hand you over to be tortured and will put you to death, and you will be hated by all nations because of my name.

John 15:23

Whoever hates me hates my Father also.

John 17:14

I have given them your word, and the world has hated them because they do not belong to the world, just as I do not belong to the world.

John 7:7

The world cannot hate you, but it hates me because I testify against it that its works are evil.

1 John 3:13

Do not be astonished, brothers and sisters, that the world hates you.