Proverbs Chapter 15 verse 26 Holy Bible
Evil devices are an abomination to Jehovah; But pleasant words `are' pure.
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Evil designs are disgusting to the Lord, but the words of the clean-hearted are pleasing.
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The thoughts of the evil [man] are an abomination to Jehovah; but pure words are pleasant.
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The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD: but the words of the pure are pleasant words.
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Yahweh detests the thoughts of the wicked, But the thoughts of the pure are pleasing.
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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.