Proverbs 15:9 - The Scriptures 2009

⁹ The way of the wrong one Is an abomination to יהוה, But He loves him who pursues righteousness.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination, extremely disgusting and shamefully vile to the Lord, but He loves him who pursues righteousness (moral and spiritual rectitude in every area and relation).

American Standard Version (1901)

⁹ The way of the wicked is an abomination to Jehovah; But he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Common English Bible

⁹ The LORD detests the path of the wicked, but loves those who pursue righteousness.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁹ The way of the impious is an abomination to the Lord. Whoever pursues justice is loved by him.

Proverbs 15:9 Cross References

Psalm 1:6

For יהוה knows the way of the righteous, But the way of the wrong comes to naught.

Psalm 11:7

For יהוה is righteous, He has loved righteousness; The upright shall see His face.

Psalm 139:24

And see if an idolatrous way is in me, And lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 5:5

The boasters do not stand before Your eyes; You hate all workers of wickedness.

Proverbs 15:10

Discipline is grievous to him who forsakes the way; He who hates reproof dies.

Proverbs 21:21

He who pursues righteousness and loving-commitment Finds life, righteousness and esteem.

Proverbs 21:4

A haughty look, a proud heart, The lamp of the wrong, are sin.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of a guilty man is perverse; But as for the innocent, his work is right.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wrong is like darkness; They do not know at what they stumble.

Proverbs 8:13

“The fear of יהוה is to hate evil. I have hated pride and arrogance, And the evil way, And the perverse mouth.

Isaiah 26:7

The path of the righteous is uprightness; O upright One, You weigh the course of the righteous.

Isaiah 51:1

“Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, seeking יהוה: Look to the rock you were hewn from, and to the hole of the pit you were dug from.

Isaiah 51:7

“Listen to Me, you who know righteousness, a people in whose heart is My Torah: do not fear the reproach of men, nor be afraid of their revilings.

Jeremiah 44:4

And I sent to you all My servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, “Please do not do this abominable matter that I hate!”

Hosea 6:3

So let us know, let us pursue to know יהוה. His going forth is as certain as the morning. And He comes to us like the rain, like the latter rain watering the earth.’

Habakkuk 1:13

You, whose eyes are too clean to see evil, You are not able to look on wrong. Why do You look on those who act treacherously – keep silent when the wrong devours one more righteous than he?

Matthew 7:13

“Enter in through the narrow gate! Because the gate is wide – and the way is broad – that leads to destruction, and there are many who enter in through it.

Deuteronomy 7:13

and shall love you and bless you and increase you, and shall bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your land, your grain and your new wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the offspring of your flock, in the land of which He swore to your fathers to give you.

1 Timothy 6:11

But you, O man of Elohim, flee from all this, and pursue righteousness, reverence, belief, love, endurance, meekness.

2 Timothy 2:22

And flee from the lusts of youth, but pursue righteousness, belief, love, peace with those calling on the Master out of a clean heart.