Proverbs 29:27

World English Bible (2000)

A dishonest man detests the righteous, and the upright in their ways detest the wicked.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 139:21 : 21 Yahweh, don't I hate those who hate you? Am I not grieved with those who rise up against you?
  • 1 John 3:13 : 13 Don't be surprised, my brothers, if the world hates you.
  • Ps 119:115 : 115 Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may keep the commandments of my God.
  • Prov 24:9 : 9 The schemes of folly are sin. The mocker is detested by men.
  • Prov 29:10 : 10 The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.
  • Zech 11:8 : 8 I cut off the three shepherds in one month; for my soul was weary of them, and their soul also loathed me.
  • John 7:7 : 7 The world can't hate you, but it hates me, because I testify about it, that its works are evil.
  • John 15:17-19 : 17 "I command these things to you, that you may love one another. 18 If the world hates you, you know that it has hated me before it hated you. 19 If you were of the world, the world would love its own. But because you are not of the world, since I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.
  • John 15:23 : 23 He who hates me, hates my Father also.

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

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    8The sacrifice made by the wicked is an abomination to Yahweh, but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

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

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

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

  • Prov 24:24
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    24He who says to the wicked, "You are righteous;" peoples shall curse him, and nations shall abhor him--

  • Prov 21:29
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    29A wicked man hardens his face; but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.

  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

    6Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.

  • Prov 21:27
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    27The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination: how much more, when he brings it with a wicked mind!

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

  • Prov 29:10
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    10The bloodthirsty hate a man of integrity; and they seek the life of the upright.

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

  • Prov 18:5
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    5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, nor to deprive the innocent of justice.

  • Prov 12:2
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    2A good man shall obtain favor from Yahweh, but he will condemn a man of wicked devices.

  • Prov 10:29
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    29The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright, but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

  • Ps 1:5-6
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    5Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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  • Prov 29:6
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    6An evil man is snared by his sin, but the righteous can sing and be glad.

  • Prov 20:23
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    23Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

  • Prov 21:7-8
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    7The violence of the wicked will drive them away, because they refuse to do what is right.

    8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

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    36To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord doesn't approve.

  • Ps 37:32
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    32The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

  • Prov 25:26
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    26Like a muddied spring, and a polluted well, so is a righteous man who gives way before the wicked.

  • Prov 21:12
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    12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

  • Prov 19:28
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    28A corrupt witness mocks justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.

  • Prov 12:26
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    5Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh: they shall certainly not be unpunished.

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    26Many seek the ruler's favor, but a man's justice comes from Yahweh.

  • Isa 5:23
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    23who acquit the guilty for a bribe, but deny justice for the innocent!

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    19The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

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    15Don't lay in wait, wicked man, against the habitation of the righteous. Don't destroy his resting place:

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

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    16how much less one who is abominable and corrupt, a man who drinks iniquity like water!