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.
Context
This verse from Proverbs Chapter 29 connects to 10 cross-references. Proverbs on governance, discipline, and vision: when the righteous increase the people rejoice but when the wicked rule people groan. Where there is no prophetic vision the people cast off restraint. A servant pampered from childhood will in the end …
Other Translations
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
An abomination to the righteous <FI>is<Fi> the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked <FI>is<Fi> the upright in the way!
An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.
Cross References
The bloodthirsty hate the upright: but the just seek his soul.
The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an abomination to men.
Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me.
Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up …
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
He that hateth me hateth my Father also.
If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, …
These things I command you, that ye love one another.
The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil.
Marvel not, my brethren, if the world hate you.