20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.


In Context

17 The merciful man does good to his own soul, but he who is cruel troubles his own flesh.

18 Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.

19 He who is truly righteous gets life. He who pursues evil gets death.

20 Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.

21 Most certainly, the evil man will not be unpunished, but the seed of the righteous will be delivered.

22 Like a gold ring in a pig's snout, is a beautiful woman who lacks discretion.

Proverbs 11:20 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:20They that are of a froward heart [are] abomination to the LORD: but [such as are] upright in [their] way [are] his delight.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

11:20The Lord detests men of perverse heart but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

11:20A perverse heart is abominable to the Lord: and his will is in them that walk sincerely.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

11:20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to Jehovah; But such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:20The perverse in heart are abomination to Jehovah; but they that are perfect in their way are his delight.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

11:20They that are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD: but such as are perfect in their way are his delight.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

11:20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

11:20An abomination to Jehovah are the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way are His delight.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

11:20They that are of a fraudulent heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.