Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
New American Standard Bible
But
King James Version
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Holman Bible
but He is a friend
International Standard Version
Indeed, a perverse man is utterly disgusting to the LORD, but he takes the upright into his confidence.
American Standard Version
For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; But his friendship is with the upright.
Amplified
For the devious are repulsive to the Lord;
But His private counsel is with the upright [those with spiritual integrity and moral courage].
Bible in Basic English
For the wrong-hearted man is hated by the Lord, but he is a friend to the upright.
Darby Translation
For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah; but his secret is with the upright.
Julia Smith Translation
For the perverse is an abomination of Jehovah: and his intercourse with the upright
King James 2000
For the perverse is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
Lexham Expanded Bible
for he who is perverse [is] an abomination of Yahweh, but those who are upright [are] his confidence.
Modern King James verseion
For the crooked man is hateful to Jehovah, but His secret is with the righteous.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
for the LORD abhorreth the froward, but his secret is among the righteous.
NET Bible
for one who goes astray is an abomination to the Lord, but he reveals his intimate counsel to the upright.
New Heart English Bible
For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD, but his friendship is with the upright.
The Emphasized Bible
For, an abomination to Yahweh, is the tortuous man, but, with the upright, he is intimate.
Webster
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
World English Bible
For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh, but his friendship is with the upright.
Youngs Literal Translation
For an abomination to Jehovah is the perverted, And with the upright is His secret counsel.
Themes
God's Promises » To the prayerful » To the righteous
The righteous » The righteous, promises to
Righteousness » Promises concerning » Promises to the righteous
Righteousness » They who walk in and follow » Know the secret of the lord
Interlinear
Word Count of 20 Translations in Proverbs 3:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Role Of Wisdom In Creation And Society
31 Do not envy thou the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. 32 For the perverse man is an abomination to LORD, but his friendship is with the upright. 33 The curse of LORD is in the house of a wicked man, but he blesses the habitation of the righteous.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 25:14
The friendship of LORD is with those who fear him, and he will show them his covenant.
Proverbs 11:20
Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to LORD, but such as are perfect in [their] way are his delight.
Job 29:4
as I was in the ripeness of my days, when the friendship of God was upon my tent,
Psalm 18:26
With the pure thou will show thyself pure. And with the perverse thou will show thyself contrary.
Proverbs 6:6-19
Go to the ant, thou sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise.
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of LORD is to hate evil. Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth, do I hate.
Proverbs 14:10
The heart knows its own bitterness, and a stranger does not intermeddle with its joy.
Proverbs 17:15
He who justifies a wicked man, and he who condemns a righteous man, both of them alike are an abomination to LORD.
Matthew 11:25
Jesus having responded at that time, said, I extol thee, O Father, Lord of the heaven and the earth, because thou hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and revealed them to the childlike.
Matthew 13:11
And having answered, he said to them, Because it has been given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of the heavens, but to those men it has not been given.
Luke 16:15
And he said to them, Ye are those who declare yourselves righteous in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. Because what is lofty among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
John 14:21-24
He who has my commandments, and keeps them, that man it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.
John 15:15
I no longer call you bondmen, because the bondman does not know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, because all things that I heard from my Father, I made known to you.
Revelation 2:17
He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the congregations. To him who overcomes, I will give him to eat of the hidden manna. And I will give him a white stone, and upon the stone a new name written, which none knows