Proverbs 29:27

Bible in Basic English (1941)

An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 139:21 : 21 Are not your haters hated by me, O Lord? are not those who are lifted up against you a cause of grief to me?
  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Do not be surprised, my brothers, if the world has no love for you.
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Go far from me, you evil-doers; so that I may keep the teachings of my God.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 And in one month I put an end to the three keepers of the flock; for my soul was tired of them, and their souls were disgusted with me.
  • John 7:7 : 7 It is not possible for you to be hated by the world; but I am hated by it, because I give witness that what it does is evil.
  • John 15:17-19 : 17 So this is my law for you: Have love one for another. 18 If you are hated by the world, keep in mind that I was hated by the world before you. 19 If you were of the world, you would be loved by the world: but because you are not of the world, but I have taken you out of the world, you are hated by the world.
  • John 15:23 : 23 He who has hate for me has hate for my Father.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Prov 17:15
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    15He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.

  • Prov 15:8-9
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    8The offering of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but the prayer of the upright man is his delight.

    9The way of the evil-doer is disgusting to the Lord, but he who goes after righteousness is dear to him.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

  • Prov 11:20
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    20The uncontrolled are hated by the Lord, but those whose ways are without error are his delight

  • Deut 25:16
    78%

    16For all who do such things, and all whose ways are not upright, are disgusting to the Lord your God.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12Evil-doing is disgusting to kings: for the seat of the ruler is based on righteousness.

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He who says to the evil-doer, You are upright, will be cursed by peoples and hated by nations.

  • Prov 21:29
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    29The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.

    6Righteousness keeps safe him whose way is without error, but evil-doers are overturned by sin.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose!

  • Prov 11:1
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    1Scales of deceit are hated by the Lord, but a true weight is his delight.

  • Prov 29:10
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    10Men of blood are haters of the good man, and evil-doers go after his soul.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To have respect for the person of the evil-doer is not good, or to give a wrong decision against the upright.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man has grace in the eyes of the Lord; but the man of evil designs gets punishment from him.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of the Lord is a strong tower for the upright man, but destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5For this cause there will be no mercy for sinners when they are judged, and the evil-doers will have no place among the upright,

    6Because the Lord sees the way of the upright, but the end of the sinner is destruction.

  • Prov 29:6
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    6In the steps of an evil man there is a net for him, but the upright man gets away quickly and is glad.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    74%

    7By their violent acts the evil-doers will be pulled away, because they have no desire to do what is right.

    8Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

  • Lam 3:36
    73%

    36In his doing wrong to a man in his cause, the Lord has no pleasure.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The sinners are watching the upright man, desiring to put him to death.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26Like a troubled fountain and a dirty spring, is an upright man who has to give way before evil-doers.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Upright One, looking on the house of the evil-doer, lets sinners be overturned to their destruction.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A good-for-nothing witness makes sport of the judge's decision: and the mouth of evil-doers sends out evil like a stream.

  • Prov 12:26
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    26The upright man is a guide to his neighbour, but the way of evil-doers is a cause of error to them.

  • Prov 16:5
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    5Everyone who has pride in his heart is disgusting to the Lord: he will certainly not go free from punishment.

  • Isa 26:10
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    10Even if you are kind to the evil-doer, he will not go after righteousness; even in the land of the upright he will still go on in his wrongdoing, and will not see the glory of the Lord.

  • Prov 17:23
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    23A sinner takes an offering out of his robe, to get a decision for himself in a cause.

  • Isa 29:21
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    21Who give help to a man in a wrong cause, and who put a net for the feet of him who gives decisions in the public place, taking away a man's right without cause.

  • Prov 29:26
    72%

    26The approval of a ruler is desired by great numbers: but the decision in a man's cause comes from the Lord.

  • Isa 5:23
    72%

    23Who for a reward give support to the cause of the sinner, and who take away the righteousness of the upright from him.

  • Job 17:8
    72%

    8The upright are surprised at this, and he who has done no wrong is troubled because of the evil-doers.

  • Ps 34:21
    72%

    21Evil will put an end to the sinner, and those who are haters of righteousness will come to destruction.

  • Prov 14:19
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    19The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright.

  • Prov 16:27
    72%

    27A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.

  • Prov 24:9
    72%

    9The purpose of the foolish is sin: and the hater of authority is disgusting to others.

  • Prov 20:10
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    10Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.

  • Prov 21:15
    72%

    15It is a joy to the good man to do right, but it is destruction to the workers of evil.

  • Prov 17:11
    72%

    11An uncontrolled man is only looking for trouble, so a cruel servant will be sent against him.

  • Job 34:17
    72%

    17How may a hater of right be a ruler? and will you say that the upright Ruler of all is evil?

  • Prov 12:7
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    7Evil-doers are overturned and never seen again, but the house of upright men will keep its place.

  • Prov 11:6
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    6The righteousness of the upright will be their salvation, but the false will themselves be taken in their evil designs.

  • Prov 24:15
    72%

    15Do not keep a secret watch, O evil-doer, against the fields of the upright man, or send destruction on his resting-place:

  • Prov 6:16
    72%

    16Six things are hated by the Lord; seven things are disgusting to him:

  • Job 15:16
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    16How much less one who is disgusting and unclean, a man who takes in evil like water!