Parallel Verses

Holman Bible

for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.

New American Standard Bible

For the devious are an abomination to the Lord;
But He is intimate with the upright.

King James Version

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

International Standard Version

Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.

A Conservative Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].

Bible in Basic English

For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.

Darby Translation

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

Julia Smith Translation

For the perverse is an abomination of Jehovah: and his intercourse with the upright

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

for he who is perverse [is] an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright [are] his confidence.

Modern King James verseion

For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

for the LORD abhorreth the froward, but his secret is among the righteous.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

The Emphasized Bible

For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.

Webster

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

World English Bible

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

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For the froward
לוּז 
Luwz 
Usage: 6

תּעבה תּועבה 
Tow`ebah 
Usage: 117

to the Lord

Usage: 0

but his secret
סוד 
Cowd 
Usage: 21

Context Readings

Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society

31 Don’t envy a violent man
or choose any of his ways;
32 for the devious are detestable to the Lord,
but He is a friend to the upright.
33 The Lord’s curse is on the household of the wicked,
but He blesses the home of the righteous;



Cross References

Psalm 25:14

The secret counsel of the Lord
is for those who fear Him,
and He reveals His covenant to them.

Proverbs 11:20

Those with twisted minds are detestable to the Lord,
but those with blameless conduct are His delight.

Job 29:4

I would be as I was in the days of my youth
when God’s friendship rested on my tent,

Psalm 18:26

with the pure
You prove Yourself pure,
but with the crooked
You prove Yourself shrewd.

Proverbs 6:6-19

Go to the ant, you slacker!
Observe its ways and become wise.

Proverbs 8:13

To fear the Lord is to hate evil.
I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,
and perverse speech.

Proverbs 14:10

The heart knows its own bitterness,
and no outsider shares in its joy.

Proverbs 17:15

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just
both are detestable to the Lord.

Matthew 11:25

At that time Jesus said, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned and revealed them to infants.

Matthew 13:11

He answered them, “Because the secrets of the kingdom of heaven have been given for you to know, but it has not been given to them.

Luke 16:15

And He told them: “You are the ones who justify yourselves in the sight of others, but God knows your hearts. For what is highly admired by people is revolting in God’s sight.

John 14:21-24

The one who has My commands and keeps them is the one who loves Me. And the one who loves Me will be loved by My Father. I also will love him and will reveal Myself to him.”

John 15:15

I do not call you slaves anymore, because a slave doesn’t know what his master is doing. I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from My Father.

Revelation 2:17

“Anyone who has an ear should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. I will give the victor some of the hidden manna. I will also give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name is inscribed that no one knows except the one who receives it.

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