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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    20 Those 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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    16 For all who do such things, [even] all who do unrighteously, are an abomination to Yahweh your God.

  • Prov 16:12
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  • Prov 21:29
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  • Prov 13:5-6
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    5 A righteous man hates lies, but a wicked man brings shame and disgrace.

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    26 Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, but the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.

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    5 Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.

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

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    23 Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.

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

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    32 The wicked watches the righteous, and seeks to kill him.

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    12 The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.

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