Verse 32

for one who goes astray is an abomination to the LORD, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.

Referenced Verses

  • Ps 25:14 : 14 The LORD’s loyal followers receive his guidance, and he reveals his covenantal demands to them.
  • Prov 11:20 : 20 The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight.
  • John 14:21-24 : 21 The person who has my commandments and obeys them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him.” 22 “Lord,” Judas(not Judas Iscariot) said,“what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us and not to the world?” 23 Jesus replied,“If anyone loves me, he will obey my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and take up residence with him. 24 The person who does not love me does not obey my words. And the word you hear is not mine, but the Father’s who sent me.
  • John 15:15 : 15 I no longer call you slaves, because the slave does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because I have revealed to you everything I heard from my Father.
  • Job 29:4 : 4 just as I was in my most productive time, when God’s intimate friendship was experienced in my tent,
  • Ps 18:26 : 26 You prove to be reliable to one who is blameless, but you prove to be deceptive to one who is perverse.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent– both of them are an abomination to the LORD.
  • Matt 11:25 : 25 Jesus’ Invitation At that time Jesus said,“I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and intelligent, and have revealed them to little children.
  • Matt 13:11 : 11 He replied,“You have been given the opportunity to know the secrets of the kingdom of heaven, but they have not.
  • Luke 16:15 : 15 But Jesus said to them,“You are the ones who justify yourselves in men’s eyes, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly prized among men is utterly detestable in God’s sight.
  • Rev 2:17 : 17 The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who conquers, I will give him some of the hidden manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on that stone will be written a new name that no one can understand except the one who receives it.’
  • Prov 8:13 : 13 The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.
  • Prov 14:10 : 10 The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share.
  • Prov 6:6-9 : 6 Go to the ant, you sluggard; observe its ways and be wise! 7 It has no commander, overseer, or ruler, 8 yet it would prepare its food in the summer; it gathered at the harvest what it will eat. 9 How long, you sluggard, will you lie there? When will you rise from your sleep? 10 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to relax, 11 and your poverty will come like a robber, and your need like an armed man. 12 A worthless and wicked person walks around saying perverse things; 13 he winks with his eyes, signals with his feet, and points with his fingers; 14 he plots evil with perverse thoughts in his heart, he spreads contention at all times. 15 Therefore, his disaster will come suddenly; in an instant he will be broken, and there will be no remedy. 16 There are six things that the LORD hates, even seven things that are an abomination to him: 17 haughty eyes, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, 18 a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that are swift to run to evil, 19 a false witness who pours out lies, and a person who spreads discord among family members.