Proverbs 3:32 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

³² for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord, but the upright are in his confidence.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³² For the froward is abomination to the LORD: But his secret is with the righteous.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³² For the perverse are an abomination [extremely disgusting and detestable] to the Lord; but His confidential communion and secret counsel are with the [uncompromisingly] righteous (those who are upright and in right standing with Him). [Ps. 25:14.]

American Standard Version (1901)

³² For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

Common English Bible

³² Devious people are detestable to the LORD, but the virtuous are his close friends.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³² For everyone who ridicules is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is for the simple.

Proverbs 3:32 Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The friendship of the Lord is for those who fear him, and he makes his covenant known to them.

John 15:15

I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I have heard from my Father.

Proverbs 11:20

Crooked minds are an abomination to the Lord, but those of blameless ways are his delight.

Matthew 13:11

He answered, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

Proverbs 17:15

One who justifies the wicked and one who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the Lord.

Proverbs 8:13

The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and the intelligent and have revealed them to infants;

Psalm 18:26

with the pure you show yourself pure; and with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.

Job 29:4

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,

Revelation 2:17

Let anyone who has an ear listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches. To everyone who conquers I will give some of the hidden manna, and I will give a white stone, and on the white stone is written a new name that no one knows except the one who receives it.

Luke 16:15

So he said to them, “You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts, for what is prized by humans is an abomination in the sight of God.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares its joy.

John 7:17

Anyone who resolves to do the will of God will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I am speaking on my own.

Isaiah 41:24

You, indeed, are nothing, and your work is nothing at all; whoever chooses you is an abomination.