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Proverbs 15:9–10

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9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.
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Proverbs 15:9Cross-references · 15 ranked passages

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    11But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

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    21He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.

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    13Thou 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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    3Then 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.

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    4Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate.

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    13¶ Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:

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    22Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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    7The way of the just is uprightness: thou, most upright, dost weigh the path of the just.

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    1HEARKEN to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the Lord: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.

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    7¶ Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their revilings.

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    4An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.

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    8The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.

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    19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

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    6For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

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    8The Lord openeth the eyes of the blind: the Lord raiseth them that are bowed down: the Lord loveth the righteous:

    9The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.

Proverbs 15:10Cross-references · 13 ranked passages

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    1WHOSO loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

  2. John 3:20Rank 2
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    20For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.

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    17He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.

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    1A WISE son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.

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    7The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.

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    17¶ And it came to pass, when Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said unto him, Art thou he that troubleth Israel?

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    20And Ahab said to Elijah, Hast thou found me, O mine enemy? And he answered, I have found thee: because thou hast sold thyself to work evil in the sight of the Lord.

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    8And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the Lord: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

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    13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.

    14I the Lord have spoken it: it shall come to pass, and I will do it; I will not go back, neither will I spare, neither will I repent; according to thy ways, and according to thy doings, shall they judge thee, saith the Lord God.

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    30They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

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    12And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

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    5¶ Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

    6From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

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    35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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Proverbs 15:9

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abomination

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Sense 1: A person, thing, act, practice, creature, or condition regarded as detestable or loathsome. Sense 2: An idol or idolatrous thing so regarded.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

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but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 15:10

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correction

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Discipline, chastening, or instruction that corrects error and restores what is right.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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15:8The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the Lord: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.

15:9The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.

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15:10Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

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15:11Hell and destruction are before the Lord: how much more then the hearts of the children of men?

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