Proverbs 15:9

The LORD detests the way of the wicked, but He loves those who pursue righteousness.

Cross References (15)

  • 1 Timothy 6:11 (7)

    But you, O man of God, flee from these things and pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, perseverance, and gentle

  • Proverbs 21:21 (4)

    He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor.

  • Jeremiah 44:4 (3)

    Yet I sent you all My servants the prophets again and again, saying: ‘Do not do this detestable thing that I hate.’

  • Habakkuk 1:13 (3)

    Your eyes are too pure to look upon evil, and You cannot tolerate wrongdoing. So why do You tolerate the faithless? Why

  • Matthew 7:13 (3)

    Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter throu

  • Hosea 6:3 (3)

    So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the

  • Isaiah 51:1 (2)

    “Listen to Me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut, and to the

  • Proverbs 21:4 (2)

    Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin.

  • Proverbs 21:8 (2)

    The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright.

  • Isaiah 26:7 (2)

    The path of the righteous is level; You clear a straight path for the upright.

  • Proverbs 4:19 (2)

    But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

  • Psalms 146:8–9 (2)

    the LORD opens the eyes of the blind, the LORD lifts those who are weighed down, the LORD loves the righteous.

  • Psalms 1:6 (2)

    For the LORD guards the path of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish.

  • Isaiah 51:7 (2)

    Listen to Me, you who know what is right, you people with My law in your hearts: Do not fear the scorn of men; do not be

  • 2 Timothy 2:22 (2)

    Flee from youthful passions and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, together with those who call on the Lord o