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Proverbs 3:32

For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel is with the upright.

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Key words: tôʿēḇâ yᵊhōvâ sôḏ yāšār lûz

Original words

EnglishOriginal wordRoot#
Forkî כִּיkî14
the frowardnālôz נָלוֹזlûz5
abominationṯôʿăḇaṯ תוֹעֲבַתtôʿēḇâ1
to the LORDyᵊhvâ יְהוָהyᵊhōvâ9
butvᵊ'eṯ וְאֶת'ēṯ4
his secretsôḏô סוֹדוֹsôḏ1
withvᵊ'eṯ וְאֶת'ēṯ4
the righteousyᵊšārîm יְשָׁרִיםyāšār1

Cross-references 13

Passages are shown in the NKJV.

the froward [is] abomination to the LORD 6
  • Proverbs 6:6-12

    6Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise, 7Which, having no captain, Overseer or ruler, 8Provides her supplies in the summer, And gathers her food in the harvest. 9How long will you slumber, O sluggard? When will you rise from your sleep? 10A little sleep, a little slumber, A little folding of the hands to sleep-- 11So shall your poverty come on you like a prowler, And your need like an armed man. 12A worthless person, a wicked man, Walks with a perverse mouth;

  • Proverbs 8:13

    13The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

  • Proverbs 11:20

    20Those who are of a perverse heart are an abomination to the LORD, But the blameless in their ways are His delight.

  • Proverbs 17:15

    15He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the just, Both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.

  • Psalms 18:26

    26With the pure You will show Yourself pure; And with the devious You will show Yourself shrewd.

  • Luke 16:15

    15And He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly esteemed among men is an abomination in the sight of God.

his secret [is] with the righteous 7
  • Proverbs 14:10

    10The heart knows its own bitterness, And a stranger does not share its joy.

  • Psalms 25:14

    14The secret of the LORD is with those who fear Him, And He will show them His covenant.

  • Matthew 11:25

    25At that time Jesus answered and said, "I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and have revealed them to babes.

  • Matthew 13:11

    11He answered and said to them, "Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

  • John 14:21-24

    21He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself to him." 22Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, "Lord, how is it that You will manifest Yourself to us, and not to the world?" 23Jesus answered and said to him, "If anyone loves Me, he will keep My word; and My Father will love him, and We will come to him and make Our home with him. 24He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine but the Father's who sent Me.

  • John 15:15

    15No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father I have made known to you.

  • Revelation 2:17

    17"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give some of the hidden manna to eat. And I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name written which no one knows except him who receives it."'

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