Proverbs 29:27

King James Version 1611 (Original)

An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 139:21 : 21 Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?
  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
  • John 15:17-19 : 17 These things I command you, that ye love one another. 18 If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. 19 If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
  • John 15:23 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also.

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    16 For all that do such things, and all that do unrighteously, are an abomination unto the LORD thy God.

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