Proverbs 8:13

English Standard Version 2016

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

Cross References

Proverbs 16:6

By steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

Psalm 97:10

O you who love the Lord, hate evil! He preserves the lives of his saints; he delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

1 Samuel 2:3

Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

Abstain from every form of evil.

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. Clothe yourselves, all of you, with humility toward one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, and love good, and establish justice in the gate; it may be that the Lord, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I consider all your precepts to be right; I hate every false way.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man, goes about with crooked speech,

2 Timothy 2:19

But God’s firm foundation stands, bearing this seal: “The Lord knows those who are his,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.”

Romans 12:9

Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good.

Zechariah 8:17

do not devise evil in your hearts against one another, and love no false oath, for all these things I hate, declares the Lord.”

Psalm 138:6

For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, but the haughty he knows from afar.

Psalm 101:3

I will not set before my eyes anything that is worthless. I hate the work of those who fall away; it shall not cling to me.

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous brings forth wisdom, but the perverse tongue will be cut off.

Psalm 119:104

Through your precepts I get understanding; therefore I hate every false way.

Job 1:1

There was a man in the land of Uz whose name was Job, and that man was blameless and upright, one who feared God and turned away from evil.

Proverbs 3:7

Be not wise in your own eyes; fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.

Proverbs 15:9

The way of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord, but he loves him who pursues righteousness.

Isaiah 13:11

I will punish the world for its evil, and the wicked for their iniquity; I will put an end to the pomp of the arrogant, and lay low the pompous pride of the ruthless.

Exodus 1:17

But the midwives feared God and did not do as the king of Egypt commanded them, but let the male children live.

Job 28:28

And he said to man, ‘Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom, and to turn away from evil is understanding.’”

Proverbs 16:5

Everyone who is arrogant in heart is an abomination to the Lord; be assured, he will not go unpunished.

Amos 6:8

The Lord God has sworn by himself, declares the Lord, the God of hosts: “I abhor the pride of Jacob and hate his strongholds, and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it.”