Proverbs 15:26

American Standard Version (1901)

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words are pure.

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O Jerusalem, wash thy heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thine evil thoughts lodge within thee?

A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth; And a word in due season, how good is it!

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart Be acceptable in thy sight, O Jehovah, my rock, and my redeemer.

My heart overfloweth with a goodly matter; I speak the things which I have made touching the king: My tongue is the pen of a ready writer.

For out of the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, railings:

The thought of foolishness is sin; And the scoffer is an abomination to men.

Jehovah will root up the house of the proud; But he will establish the border of the widow.

He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; But he that hateth bribes shall live.

Pleasant words are as a honeycomb, Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.