Proverbs 15:9

Authorized King James Version (1611)

¶ The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 ¶ He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just [is] uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 ¶ Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock [whence] ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit [whence] ye are digged.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart [is] my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending [them], saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth.
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 [Thou art] of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, [and] holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth [the man that is] more righteous than he?
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 ‹Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide› [is] ‹the gate, and broad› [is] ‹the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:›
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 ¶ Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 The LORD openeth [the eyes of] the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: 9 The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked [is] as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 21:4 : 4 ¶ An high look, and a proud heart, [and] the plowing of the wicked, [is] sin.
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 ¶ The way of man [is] froward and strange: but [as for] the pure, his work [is] right.

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