Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 26 Holy Bible

ASV Proverbs 15:26

Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words `are' pure.
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BBE Proverbs 15:26

Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.
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DARBY Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the evil [man] are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.
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KJV Proverbs 15:26

The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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WBT Proverbs 15:26


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WEB Proverbs 15:26

Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
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YLT Proverbs 15:26

An abomination to Jehovah `are' thoughts of wickedness, And pure `are' sayings of pleasantness.
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Pulpit Commentary

Pulpit CommentaryVerse 26. - The thoughts of the wicked (or, evil devices) are an abomination to the Lord. Although the Decalogue, by forbidding coveting, showed that God's Law touched the thought of the heart as well as the outward action, the idea here refers to wicked plans or designs, rather than emphatically to the secret movements of the mind. These have been noticed in ver. 11. But the words of the pure are pleasant words; literally, pure are words of pleasantness; i.e. words of soothing, comforting tone are, not an abomination to the Lord, as are the devices of the wicked, but they are pure in a ceremonial sense, as it were, a pure and acceptable offering. Revised Version, pleasant words are pure. Vulgate, "Speech pure and pleasant is approved by him" - which is a pharaphrase of the clause. Septuagint, "The words of the pure are honoured (σεμναί)."

Ellicott's Commentary

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(26) The thoughts of the wicked.--Rather, thoughts of evil, wicked designs.But the words of the pure are pleasant words.--Rather, pleasant words (i.e., kindly meant, soothing words; comp. Proverbs 16:24) are pure in God's sight; accepted by Him as coming from a well-meaning heart.