Proverbs 3:32 “for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.”

Proverbs 3:32

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 the 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.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“the froward”

Proverbs 11:20 Proverbs 17:15 Proverbs 8:13 Psalm 18:26 Proverbs 6:6–19 Luke 16:15

Proverbs 11:20 · BSB

The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk are His delight.

Proverbs 17:15 · BSB

Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous— both are detestable to the LORD.

Proverbs 8:13 · BSB

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

Psalm 18:26 · BSB

to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Proverbs 6:6–19 · BSB

Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.

Luke 16:15 · BSB

So 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.

“his”

Psalm 25:14 John 15:15 Matthew 13:11 John 14:21–24 Matthew 11:25 Proverbs 14:10

Psalm 25:14 · BSB

The LORD confides in those who fear Him, and reveals His covenant to them.

John 15:15 · BSB

No 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.

Matthew 13:11 · BSB

He replied, “The knowledge of the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven has been given to you, but not to them.

John 14:21–24 · BSB

Whoever 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.”

Matthew 11:25 · BSB

At 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.

Proverbs 14:10 · BSB

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

Also

Job 29:4

Job 29:4 · BSB

when I was in my prime, when the friendship of God rested on my tent,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

31Do not envy a violent man or choose any of his ways;

33The curse of the LORD is on the house of the wicked, but He blesses the home of the righteous.

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