for the devious are detestable to the Lord , but He is a friend to the upright.
Parallel Translations
Legacy Standard Bible
For the devious one is an abomination to Yahweh;But His secret council is with the upright.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For the Lord abhorreth the froward: but his counsayle is among the righteous.
Darby Translation
For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.
New King James Version
For the perverse person is an abomination to the LORD, But His secret counsel is with the upright.
Literal Translation
For the perverse one is hateful to Jehovah, but His intimacy is with the righteous.
Easy-to-Read Version
Such crooked people are disgusting to the Lord . But he is a friend to those who are good and honest.
World English Bible
For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, But his friendship is with the upright.
King James Version (1611)
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the Lord : but his secret is with the righteous.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
for the LORDE abhorreth the frowarde, but his secrete is amonge the righteous.
Amplified Bible
For the devious are repulsive to the LORD; But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
American Standard Version
For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Bible in Basic English
For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
Update Bible Version
For the perverse is disgusting to Yahweh; But his friendship is with the upright.
Webster's Bible Translation
For the froward [is] abomination to the LORD: but his secret [is] with the righteous.
New English Translation
for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord , but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
Contemporary English Version
The Lord doesn't like anyone who is dishonest, but he lets good people be his friends.
Complete Jewish Bible
for the perverse is an abomination to Adonai , but he shares his secret counsel with the upright.
Geneva Bible (1587)
For the frowarde is abomination vnto the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
George Lamsa Translation
For the wicked man is an abomination in the presence of the LORD: but the secret of the LORD is with the upright.
Hebrew Names Version
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, But his friendship is with the upright.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD; but His counsel is with the upright.
New Living Translation
Such wicked people are detestable to the Lord , but he offers his friendship to the godly.
New Life Bible
For the bad man is hated by the Lord, but He is near to those who are right with Him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
For every transgressor is unclean before the Lord; neither does he sit among the righteous.
English Revised Version
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the upright.
The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible
for the LORD detests the perverse, but He is a friend to the upright.
New Revised Standard
for the perverse are an abomination to the Lord , but the upright are in his confidence.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.
Douay-Rheims Bible
For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.
Lexham English Bible
for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright are his confidence.
English Standard Version
for the devious person is an abomination to the Lord , but the upright are in his confidence.
New American Standard Bible
For the devious are an abomination to the LORD; But He is intimate with the upright.
New Century Version
The Lord hates those who do wrong, but he is a friend to those who are honest.
Good News Translation
because the Lord hates people who do evil, but he takes righteous people into his confidence.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For ech disseyuer is abhomynacioun of the Lord; and his speking is with simple men.
Revised Standard Version
for the perverse man is an abomination to the LORD, but the upright are in his confidence.
Young's Literal Translation
For an abomination to Jehovah [is] the perverted, And with the upright [is] His secret counsel.
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Contextual Overview
27 When it is in your power, don't withhold good from the one it belongs to. 28 Don't say to your neighbor, "Go away! Come back later. I'll give it tomorrow"—when it is there with you. 29 Don't plan any harm against your neighbor, for he trusts you and lives near you. 30 Don't accuse anyone without cause, when he has done you no harm. 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; 34 He mocks those who mock, but gives grace to the humble. 35 The wise will inherit honor, but He holds up fools to dishonor.
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the froward: Proverbs 6:6-19, Proverbs 8:13, Proverbs 11:20, Proverbs 17:15, Psalms 18:26, Luke 16:15
his: Proverbs 14:10, Psalms 25:14, Matthew 11:25, Matthew 13:11, John 14:21-24, John 15:15, Revelation 2:17
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:29 - secret Judges 13:23 - he have showed Job 5:13 - of the froward Job 15:8 - the secret Job 29:4 - the secret Psalms 101:4 - A froward Proverbs 2:12 - from the man Proverbs 6:16 - an Proverbs 17:20 - He that hath a froward heart 1 Peter 2:18 - but 1 John 5:10 - hath the
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Gill's Notes on the Bible
For the froward [is] abomination to the Lord,.... The perverse man, that pleases not God, and is contrary to all men, as the Jews were; one froward in his words and actions: "who transgresses the law", as the Arabic version renders it; one that acts contrary to the nature, will, and word of God; and such an one is not only abominable in his sight, but an "abomination" itself; it is sin, which is that abominable thing that God hates, that makes him so: and the Targum is,
"for iniquity is abominable before the Lord;''
but his secret [is] with the righteous: not such who are outwardly so to others, or trust in themselves that they are righteous, or seek for righteousness by their own works; but such who are justified by the righteousness of Christ, which faith receives from him, and in consequence of which a man lives soberly and righteously: with these the "secret" of the Lord is; of his love, grace, and favour, which was from everlasting, and is manifested in regeneration; of his purposes of grace, with respect to election, redemption, calling, and adoption, which is made known in effectual calling; of his covenant, as that he is their covenant God, Christ is their covenant head and Mediator, and that they have an interest in all the grace, blessings, and promises of it; of the Gospel, and the several mysteries of it, which are so to carnal men; of his providences, what he is doing, or what he is about to do, and will do hereafter, Amos 3:7; and of communion and fellowship with him. The phrase denotes friendship and familiarity; God deals with the righteous as a man does with his intimate friend, converses freely with him, and discloses his secrets to him: and the word is rendered "confabulation" by the Targum, Syriac, and Vulgate Latin versions; see
Job 29:4.
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Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims.
From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought that the so-called possession of wealth is but a stewardship; that the true owners of what we call our own are those to whom, with it, we may do good. Not to relieve them is a breach of trust.
Proverbs 3:28
Procrastination is especially fatal to the giving impulse. The Septuagint adds the caution: “for thou knowest not what the morrow will bring forth.”
Proverbs 3:29
Securely - i. e., “With full trust,” without care or suspicion. Compare Judges 18:7, Judges 18:27.
Proverbs 3:31
A protest against the tendency to worship success, to think the lot of the “man of violence” enviable, and therefore to be chosen.
Proverbs 3:32
The true nature of such success. That which people admire is an abomination to Yahweh. His “secret,” i. e., His close, intimate communion as of “friend with friend,” is with the righteous.
Proverbs 3:33
The thought, like that which appears in Zechariah 5:3-4, and pervades the tragedies of Greek drama, is of a curse, an Ate, dwelling in a house from generation to generation, the source of ever-recurring woes. There is, possibly, a contrast between the “house” or “palace” of the rich oppressor and the lowly shepherd’s hut, the “sheep-cote” 2 Samuel 7:8 ennobled only by its upright inhabitants.
Proverbs 3:34
Surely - Better, If he scorneth the scorners, i. e., Divine scorn of evil is the complement, and, as it were, the condition, of divine bounty to the lowly (compare the marginal reference and the Proverbs 1:26 note).
Proverbs 3:35
The margin conveys the thought that “fools” glory in that which is indeed their shame. Others take the clause as meaning “every fool takes up shame,” i. e., gains nothing but that.
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Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Proverbs 3:32. But his secret — סודו sodo, his secret assembly; godly people meet there, and God dwells there.
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