Proverbs 11:20

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

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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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

abomination. See note on Proverbs 3:32 .
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 frau...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight. They that are of a frowar...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1. False weights were exceedingly common ( Proverbs 16:11 ; Proverbs 20:10 ; Amos 8:5 ).
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, a...
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 expectati...
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...
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 t...
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...
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...
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,...
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 t...
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...
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 HOMI...
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...
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 workmans...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Proverbs 11:1 A false balance; literally, balances of deceit ( Proverbs 20:23 ). The repetition of the injunctions of Deute...
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...
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...

²⁰ They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

Related Commentaries of Proverbs 11:20

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Proverbs 11:20