Proverbs 3:32

In 11 translations

BSB

for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.

KJV

For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.

WEB

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

ASV

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.

LSV

For the perverted [is] an abomination to YHWH, || And His secret counsel [is] with the upright.

YLT

For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.

DBY

For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.

DRC

For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

GNV

For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.

JPS

For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.

LXXE

For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.

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WLC

כִּ֤י תוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְהוָ֣ה נָל֑וֹז וְֽאֶת־יְשָׁרִ֥ים סוֹדֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἀκάθαρτος γὰρ ἔναντι Κυρίου πᾶς παράνομος, ἐν δὲ δικαίοις οὐ συνεδριάζει.

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• Psalms 25:14The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.
• Proverbs 11:20The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.
• Proverbs 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.
• John 15:15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
• Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.
• John 14:21–24Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.” Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You…
• Matthew 13:11He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.
• Psalms 18:26to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
• Job 29:4when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,
• Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.
• Revelation 2:17He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To the one who overcomes, I will give the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone inscribed with a new name, known only to the one who…
• Proverbs 6:6–19Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise. Without a commander, without an overseer or ruler, it prepares its provisions in summer; it gathers its food at harvest. How long will you lie…
• Proverbs 14:10The heart knows its own bitterness, and no stranger shares in its joy.

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