Proverbs 29:27
An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
KJV
Abominantur justi virum impium, et abominantur impii eos qui in recta sunt via. Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit.
Vulgate
βδέλυγμα δίκαιος ἀνὴρ ἀδίκῳ, βδέλυγμα δὲ ἀνόμῳ κατευθύνουσα ὁδός.
LXX
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
ASV
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת צַ֭דִּיקִים אִ֣ישׁ עָ֑וֶל וְ/תוֹעֲבַ֖ת רָשָׁ֣ע יְשַׁר דָּֽרֶךְ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
דֶּ֣רֶךְ
drk
noun · 709×
יָּשָׁ֖ר
yshr
adjective · 114×
עַוְלָֽה
'vlh
noun · 52×
צַדִּ֑יק
tsdyq
adjective · 199×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת
tv'bt
noun · 118×
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1John 3:12 — Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother. And wherefore slew he him? Because his own works were evil, and his brother’s righteous.
- 1John 3:13 — Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.
- 2Cor 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
- Dan 6:4 — Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or
- John 7:7 — The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
- John 15:17 — These things I command you, that ye love one another.
- John 15:23 — He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
- John 17:14 — I have given them thy word; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.
- Lev 11:10 — And all that have not fins and scales in the seas, and in the rivers, of all that move in the waters, and of any living thing which is in the waters, they shall be an abomination unto you:
- Prov 13:19 — The desire accomplished is sweet to the soul: but it is abomination to fools to depart from evil.
- Prov 29:10 — The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
- Ps 37:14 — The wicked have drawn out the sword, and have bent their bow, to cast down the poor and needy, and to slay such as be of upright conversation.
- Ps 139:21 — Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?