Proverbs 15:9

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

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

Cross References

Psalm 1:6

for the Lord watches over the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

Psalm 11:7

For the Lord is righteous; he loves righteous deeds; the upright shall behold his face.

Psalm 139:24

See if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Psalm 5:5

The boastful will not stand before your eyes; you hate all evildoers.

Proverbs 15:10

There is severe discipline for one who forsakes the way; one who hates a rebuke will die.

Proverbs 21:21

Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 21:8

The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

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.

Isaiah 26:7

The way of the righteous is level; straight is the path of the righteous that you clear.

Isaiah 51:1

Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the Lord. Look to the rock from which you were hewn and to the quarry from which you were dug.

Isaiah 51:7

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, you people who have my teaching in your hearts; do not fear the reproach of others, and do not be dismayed when they revile you.

Jeremiah 44:4

Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, “I beg you not to do this abominable thing that I hate!”

Hosea 6:3

Let us know, let us press on to know the Lord; his appearing is as sure as the dawn; he will come to us like the showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.”

Habakkuk 1:13

Your eyes are too pure to behold evil, and you cannot look on wrongdoing; why do you look on the treacherous and are silent when the wicked swallow those more righteous than they?

Matthew 7:13

“Enter through the narrow gate, for the gate is wide and the road is easy that leads to destruction, and there are many who take it.

Deuteronomy 7:13

he will love you, bless you, and multiply you; he will bless the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, your grain and your wine and your oil, the increase of your cattle and the issue of your flock, in the land that he swore to your ancestors to give you.

1 Timothy 6:11

But as for you, man of God, shun all this; pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, endurance, gentleness.

2 Timothy 2:22

Shun youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.