Proverbs Chapter 29 verse 27 Holy Bible
An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; And he that is upright in the way is an abomination to the wicked.
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An evil man is disgusting to the upright, and he who is upright is disgusting to evil-doers.
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An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous; and he that is of upright way is an abomination to the wicked [man].
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An unjust man is an abomination to the just: and he that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked.
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A dishonest man detests the righteous, And the upright in their ways detest the wicked.
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An abomination to the righteous `is' the perverse man, And an abomination to the wicked `is' the upright in the way!
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 27. - An unjust man is an abomination to the just. This great moral contrast, marked and universal, is a fitting close of the book. The word "abomination" (toebah) occurs more than twenty times in the Proverbs; it is appropriate here because the good man looks upon the sinner as the enemy of God, as the psalmist says, "Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them thine enemies" (Psalm 139:21, etc.). He that is upright in the way is abomination to the wicked; because he is a standing reproach to him, and by every tone and look and action seems to express his condemnation (see on Proverbs 21:15, and the Septuagint Version there; and comp. 1 Kings 21:20: Isaiah 53:3; Matthew 8:34; John 15:19). Septuagint, "A direct way is an abomination to the lawless." The Vulgate ends the chapter with a paragraph which is found in some manuscripts of the Septuagint after Proverbs 24:22 (where see note), Verbum custodiens filius extra perditionem erit.
