Proverbs 15:9 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Proverbs 15:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15. This chapter makes no new departure. Proverbs concerning the moral government of the world again occupy the chief place. One ( Proverbs 15:11 ) is noteworthy as showing an extended con...
Proverbs 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness.
Proverbs 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord - not only his "sacrifice,"...
Proverbs 15:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. Grievous ] i.e. annoying. 'If one pour in hot water let the other pour in cold.'
Proverbs 15:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER 16 A PASSIONATE DISPOSITION "A soft answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger." In the LXX there is another clause inserted at the beginning.- Proverbs 15:1 "A m...
Proverbs 15:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Kind Words and Glad Hearts Proverbs 15:1-17 A soft answer; the tongue of the wise; a wholesome tongue; the lips of the wise; the prayer of the upright -these keywords touch one of the greate...
Proverbs 15:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Verse Proverbs 15:11 . This is a simple method of drawing attention to God's perfect knowledge of all the deepest and hidden things. If that which is most full of mystery to us is perfectly known to...
Proverbs 15:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The lips of the wise disperse knowledge: but the heart of the foolish doeth not so. The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight. The way of...
Proverbs 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the Lord ,.... The way his heart devises, which he chooses and delights in, in which he walks; nor will he leave it, nor can he be diverted from it, bu...
Proverbs 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

The way of the wicked [is] an abomination unto the LORD: but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. Ver. 9. The way of the wicked is abomination. ] Not his sacrifices only, but his civi...
Proverbs 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The sacrifice of the wicked Or the religious services, yea, the best and most costly of them, one kind being put for all the rest; is an abomination to the Lord Because not offered with a sincere...
Proverbs 15:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the L ORD : but he loveth him that followeth after righteousness. This is a reason of what was said in the foregoing verse. 1. The s...
Proverbs 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The way; the conversation or course of life. This verse seems to contain a reason of the foregoing. God hates wicked men's religious performances, because they are accompanied with ungodly lives, a...
Proverbs 15:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Wise Words, Reproof And Firm Discipline Uphold The Righteous, Giving Them Suitable Reward, Whilst The Unrighteous Reject Reproof, And Suffer The Consequences ( Proverbs 15:4-13 ). In this subsecti...
Proverbs 15:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF Proverbs 15:8-9 PRAYING AND LIVING I. God loves righteous men with a special love . God has a love for all His human creatures—a love which springs out of His relationship t...
Proverbs 15:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:1 . A soft answer turneth away wrath. It bows to the tempest, it names a mitigating circumstance, it gives a favourable turn to misconstruction, it proposes a better way. My father, sa...
Proverbs 15:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 15:1 A soft answer turneth away wrath . Two things are here to be observed: an answer should be given—the injured person should not wrap himself in sullen silence; and...
Proverbs 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

v. 9. The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord, He loathes their entire conduct; but He loveth him that followeth after righteousness, who makes it his business to search after, to p...
Proverbs 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Timothy 6:11 ; 2 Timothy 2:22 ; Habakkuk 1:13 ; Hosea 6:3 ; Isaiah 26:7 ; Isaiah 51:1 ; Isaiah 51:7 ; Jeremiah 44:4 ; Matthew 7:13 ; Proverbs 21:21 ; Proverbs 21:4 ; Proverbs 21:8 ; Pr...

Proverbs 15:9 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Proverbs 15:9 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:9 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Proverbs 15:9 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Proverbs 15:9 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Proverbs 15:9 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Proverbs 15:9 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge