Proverbs 11:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. ”

Proverbs 11:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11. The orthodox view of strictly retributive justice found in Proverbs 10:24 f., Proverbs 11:27-30 is represented by a further group ( Proverbs 11:2-8 ; Proverbs 11:18-21 , and Prov...
Proverbs 11:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abomination. See note on Proverbs 3:32 .
Proverbs 11:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
Proverbs 11:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

A false balance is abomination to the Lord: but a just weight is his delight. Under this prohibition of "a false balance" is forbidden all fraud, by whatsoever suns of deception it may be commi...
Proverbs 11:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
Proverbs 11:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 12 GOODNESS "The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them." Proverbs 11:6 "An unjust man is the abomination of the righteous, and he who goes right in his way is the abomination...
Proverbs 11:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 11:7 . The antithesis of this proverb is between the condition described and that of one not described, that is to say, the expectation or hope of the wicked lies wholly on this side...
Proverbs 11:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches. The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh. The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to...
Proverbs 11:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the Lord ,.... Such as are men of perverse dispositions and principles; that are contrary to the light of nature, the law of God, and Gospel of...
Proverbs 11:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight. Ver. 20. They that are of a froward heart, &c. ] Not only those that...
Proverbs 11:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

They that are of a froward heart &c. They are odious to God, who study to compass their end by wicked means; but they whose exact observance of the rules of righteousness, in the whole course o...
Proverbs 11:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death. It is here shown that righteousness, not only by the divine judgment, will end in life...
Proverbs 11:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

They that are of a froward heart; hypocrites, as appears from the opposition of these to the upright in the next clause; whose hearts are false to God, and contrary to their own professions. Are...
Proverbs 11:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Further Contrasts Between The Righteous And The Unrighteous ( Proverbs 11:15-23 ). In this subsection we again have the continual contrast between the righteous, the gracious, the merciful and the...
Proverbs 11:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Proverbs 11:18 . “The wicked gaineth a deceptive result, but he that soweth righteousness a sure reward” (Zöckler). MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH— Proverbs 11:18-20 SOW...
Proverbs 11:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:1 . A false balance is an abomination to the Lord. A dishonest tradesman here receives a hard stroke. Though his weight be but little short of the standard; yet by using it a thousand...
Proverbs 11:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Such as are upright in their way are His delight. The upright, God’s delight I. Who are the upright? Those whom God makes upright, the workmanship of His own Spirit, His new creation. This does...
Proverbs 11:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deuteronomy 25:13 , Deuteronomy 25:14 and Leviticus...
Proverbs 11:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 20. They that are of a froward heart, full of crookedness and malice, are abomination to the Lord; but such as are upright in their way, pure and straightforward in their conduct, are His del...
Proverbs 11:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 15:8 ; Proverbs 16:17 ; Proverbs 21:29 ; Proverbs 6:14 ; Proverbs 6:16-19 ; Proverbs 8:13 ; Proverbs 9:7 ; Psalms 11:7 ; Psalms 140:13 ; Psalms 18:25 ; Psalms 18:26 ; Psalms 51:6...

Proverbs 11:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Proverbs 11:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 11:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 11:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 11:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 11:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 11:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 11:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 11:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Proverbs 11:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 11:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 11:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge