Proverbs 15:9

World English Bible (2000)

The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 But you, man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, and gentleness.
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness finds life, righteousness, and honor.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The way of the just is uprightness. You who are upright make the path of the righteous level.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 "Listen to me, you who follow after righteousness, you who seek Yahweh: look to the rock you were cut from, and to the hold of the pit you were dug from.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 "Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; don't fear the reproach of men, neither be dismayed at their insults.
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 However I sent to you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Oh, don't do this abominable thing that I hate.
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 Let us acknowledge Yahweh. Let us press on to know Yahweh. As surely as the sun rises, Yahweh will appear. He will come to us like the rain, like the spring rain that waters the earth."
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 You who have purer eyes than to see evil, and who cannot look on perversity, why do you tolerate those who deal treacherously, and keep silent when the wicked swallows up the man who is more righteous than he,
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 "Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those who enter in by it.
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 Flee from youthful lusts; but pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace with those who call on the Lord out of a pure heart.
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For Yahweh knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked shall perish.
  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind. Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down. Yahweh loves the righteous. 9 Yahweh preserves the foreigners. He upholds the fatherless and widow, but the way of the wicked he turns upside down.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is like darkness. They don't know what they stumble over.
  • Prov 21:4 : 4 A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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