Proverbs 15:9 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁹The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

Proverbs 15:9 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:11
But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
Proverbs 21:21
He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
Jeremiah 44:4
Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.
Hosea 6:3
Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter and former rain unto the earth.
Habakkuk 1:13
Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?

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Abomination Atheism Attributes of God Depravity of Man God Guidance Guilt Lord

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 9)

This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse. 1. The sacrifices of the wicked are an abomination to God, not for want of some nice points of ceremony, but because their way, the whole course and tenour of their conversation, is wicked, and consequently an abomination to him. Sacrifices for sin were not accepted of those that resolved to go on in sin, and were to the highest degree abom…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 9)

8-9. The sacrifice [and] prayer--are acts of worship. way ... followeth ... righteousness--denote conduct. God’s regard for the worship and deeds of the righteous and wicked respectively, so stated in Psa 50:17; Is 1:11.