Proverbs 8:13

Wisdom Calls

¹² “I, wisdom, dwell with prudence,
And I find knowledge and discretion.
¹³ “The fear of the Lord is to hate evil;
Pride and arrogance and the evil way
And the perverted mouth, I hate.
¹⁴ “Counsel is mine and sound wisdom;
I am understanding, power is mine.

Fear of the Lord

Fear the Lord

Hate Evil

Jehovah

Psalm 97:10

Hate evil, you who love the Lord,
Who preserves the souls of His godly ones;
He delivers them from the hand of the wicked.

Proverbs 16:6

By lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

1 Samuel 2:3

“Boast no more so very proudly,
Do not let arrogance come out of your mouth;
For the Lord is a God of knowledge,
And with Him actions are weighed.

Proverbs 4:24

Put away from you a deceitful mouth
And put devious speech far from you.

Proverbs 6:12

A worthless person, a wicked man,
Is the one who walks with a perverse mouth,

Psalm 5:4-5

For You are not a God who takes pleasure in wickedness;
No evil dwells with You.

Psalm 101:3

I will set no worthless thing before my eyes;
I hate the work of those who fall away;
It shall not fasten its grip on me.

Psalm 119:104

From Your precepts I get understanding;
Therefore I hate every false way.

Psalm 119:128

Therefore I esteem right all Your precepts concerning everything,
I hate every false way.

Psalm 138:6

For though the Lord is exalted,
Yet He regards the lowly,
But the haughty He knows from afar.

Proverbs 6:16-19

There are six things which the Lord hates,
Yes, seven which are an abomination to Him:

Proverbs 10:31

The mouth of the righteous flows with wisdom,
But the perverted tongue will be cut out.

Proverbs 16:18

Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

Amos 5:15

Hate evil, love good,
And establish justice in the gate!
Perhaps the Lord God of hosts
May be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.

Zechariah 8:17

Also let none of you devise evil in your heart against another, and do not love perjury; for all these are what I hate,’ declares the Lord.”

Romans 12:9

Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor what is evil; cling to what is good.

1 Thessalonians 5:22

abstain from every form of evil.

2 Timothy 2:19

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to abstain from wickedness.”

1 Peter 5:5

You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble.