Proverbs 29:27

The Message

Good people can’t stand the sight of deliberate evil; the wicked can’t stand the sight of well-chosen goodness.

Cross References

Psalm 6:8

Get out of here, you Devil’s crew: at last God has heard my sobs. My requests have all been granted, my prayers are answered.

Psalm 69:4

I’ve got more enemies than hairs on my head; Liars and cheats are out to knife me in the back. What I never stole Must I now give back?

Proverbs 12:8

A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.

Proverbs 13:19

Souls who follow their hearts thrive; fools bent on evil despise matters of soul.

Proverbs 29:10

Murderers hate honest people; moral folks encourage them.

Proverbs 30:1

The skeptic swore, “There is no God! No God!—I can do anything I want! I’m more animal than human; so-called human intelligence escapes me.

Matthew 24:9

“They are going to throw you to the wolves and kill you, everyone hating you because you carry my name. And then, going from bad to worse, it will be dog-eat-dog, everyone at each other’s throat, everyone hating each other.