Proverbs 16:5

World English Bible (2000)

Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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Referenced Verses

  • Prov 6:16-17 : 16 There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.
  • Prov 11:21 : 21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.
  • Rom 2:8-9 : 8 but to those who are self-seeking, and don't obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, will be wrath and indignation, 9 oppression and anguish, on every soul of man who works evil, to the Jew first, and also to the Greek.
  • Jas 4:6 : 6 But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."
  • Exod 20:7 : 7 "You shall not take the name of Yahweh your God in vain, for Yahweh will not hold him guiltless who takes his name in vain.
  • Job 40:12 : 12 Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.
  • Isa 3:11 : 11 Woe to the wicked! Disaster is upon them; for the deeds of his hands will be paid back to him.

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  • Prov 11:20-21
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    20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

    21Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

  • Prov 6:15-17
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    15Therefore his calamity will come suddenly. He will be broken suddenly, and that without remedy.

    16There are six things which Yahweh hates; yes, seven which are an abomination to him:

    17haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood;

  • Prov 16:18-19
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    18Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.

    19It is better to be of a lowly spirit with the poor, than to divide the plunder with the proud.

  • Deut 25:16
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    16For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • Prov 21:4
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    4A high look, and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, is sin.

  • Prov 17:15
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    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

  • Ps 10:2-4
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    2In arrogance, the wicked hunt down the weak. They are caught in the schemes that they devise.

    3For the wicked boasts of his heart's cravings. He blesses the greedy, and condemns Yahweh.

    4The wicked, in the pride of his face, has no room in his thoughts for God.

  • Prov 29:27
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    27A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

  • Prov 15:9
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    9The way of the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but he loves him who follows after righteousness.

  • Job 40:11-12
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    11Pour out the fury of your anger. Look at everyone who is proud, and bring him low.

    12Look at everyone who is proud, and humble him. Crush the wicked in their place.

  • Isa 2:11-12
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    11The lofty looks of man will be brought low, the haughtiness of men will be bowed down, and Yahweh alone will be exalted in that day.

    12For there will be a day of Yahweh of Armies for all that is proud and haughty, and for all that is lifted up; and it shall be brought low:

  • Prov 16:6
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    6By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for. By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

  • Isa 5:15
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    15So man is brought low, mankind is humbled, and the eyes of the arrogant ones are humbled;

  • Prov 29:23
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    23A man's pride brings him low, but one of lowly spirit gains honor.

  • Prov 8:13
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    13The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

  • Prov 3:32
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    32For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.

  • Prov 28:25
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    25One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper.

  • Ps 101:5
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    5I will silence whoever secretly slanders his neighbor. I won't tolerate one who is haughty and conceited.

  • Prov 15:26
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    26Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

  • Mal 3:15
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    15Now we call the proud happy; yes, those who work wickedness are built up; yes, they tempt God, and escape.'

  • Prov 18:12
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    12Before destruction the heart of man is proud, but before honor is humility.

  • Prov 11:1-2
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    1A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh, but accurate weights are his delight.

    2When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom.

  • Ps 15:4
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    4In whose eyes a vile man is despised, but who honors those who fear Yahweh; he who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and doesn't change;

  • Isa 9:17
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    17Therefore the Lord will not rejoice over their young men, neither will he have compassion on their fatherless and widows; for everyone is profane and an evildoer, and every mouth speaks folly. For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still.

  • Hos 5:5
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    5The pride of Israel testifies to his face. Therefore Israel and Ephraim will stumble in their iniquity. Judah also will stumble with them.

  • Ps 26:10
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    10in whose hands is wickedness, their right hand is full of bribes.

  • Prov 14:2
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    2He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

  • Prov 21:24
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    24The proud and haughty man, "scoffer" is his name; he works in the arrogance of pride.

  • Prov 17:5
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    5Whoever mocks the poor reproaches his Maker. He who is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.

  • Jer 13:15
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    15Hear, and give ear; don't be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.

  • Num 15:30
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    30"'But the soul who does anything with a high hand, whether he is native-born or a foreigner, the same blasphemes Yahweh; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.

  • Ps 73:6
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    6Therefore pride is like a chain around their neck. Violence covers them like a garment.

  • Luke 16:15
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    15He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

  • Jas 4:16
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    16But now you glory in your boasting. All such boasting is evil.

  • Prov 16:12
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    12It is an abomination for kings to do wrong, for the throne is established by righteousness.

  • Job 41:34
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    34He sees everything that is high. He is king over all the sons of pride."

  • Prov 24:9
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    9The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.

  • Ps 5:6
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    6You will destroy those who speak lies. Yahweh abhors the bloodthirsty and deceitful man.

  • Ps 36:2
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    2For he flatters himself in his own eyes, too much to detect and hate his sin.

  • Prov 29:1
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    1He who is often rebuked and stiffens his neck will be destroyed suddenly, with no remedy.

  • Ps 58:2
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    2No, in your heart you plot injustice. You measure out the violence of your hands in the earth.