Proverbs 15:9

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

An abomination to Jehovah `is' the way of the wicked, And whoso is pursuing righteousness He loveth.

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Tim 6:11 : 11 and thou, O man of God, these things flee, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness;
  • Prov 21:21 : 21 Whoso is pursuing righteousness and kindness, Findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
  • Isa 26:7 : 7 The path for the righteous `is' uprightness, O upright One, The path of the righteous Thou dost ponder.
  • Isa 51:1 : 1 Hearken unto Me, ye pursuing righteousness, Seeking Jehovah, Look attentively unto the rock -- ye have been hewn, And unto the hole of the pit -- ye have been digged.
  • Isa 51:7 : 7 Hearken unto Me, ye who know righteousness, A people, in whose heart `is' My law, Fear ye not the reproach of men, And for their reviling be not affrighted,
  • Jer 44:4 : 4 `And I send unto you all my servants, the prophets, rising early and sending, saying: I pray you, do not this abomination that I have hated --
  • Hos 6:3 : 3 And we know -- we pursue to know Jehovah, As the dawn prepared is His going forth, And He cometh in as a shower to us, As gathered rain -- sprinkling earth.'
  • Hab 1:13 : 13 Purer of eyes than to behold evil, To look on perverseness Thou art not able, Why dost Thou behold the treacherous? Thou keepest silent when the wicked Doth swallow the more righteous than he,
  • Matt 7:13 : 13 `Go ye in through the strait gate, because wide `is' the gate, and broad the way that is leading to the destruction, and many are those going in through it;
  • 2 Tim 2:22 : 22 and the youthful lusts flee thou, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, peace, with those calling upon the Lord out of a pure heart;
  • Ps 1:6 : 6 For Jehovah is knowing the way of the righteous, And the way of the wicked is lost!
  • Ps 146:8-9 : 8 Jehovah is loosing the prisoners, Jehovah is opening (the eyes of) the blind, Jehovah is raising the bowed down, Jehovah is loving the righteous, 9 Jehovah is preserving the strangers, The fatherless and widow He causeth to stand, And the way of the wicked He turneth upside down.
  • Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked `is' as darkness, They have not known at what they stumble.
  • Prov 21:4 : 4 Loftiness of eyes, and breadth of heart, Tillage of the wicked `is' sin.
  • Prov 21:8 : 8 Froward `is' the way of a man who is vile, And the pure -- upright `is' his work.

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