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Proverbs 16:5

Everyone who is proud in heart is detestable to the LORD; be assured that he will not go unpunished.

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ASV

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to Jehovah: Though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

KJV

Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the Lord: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
תּוֹעֲבַ֣תto.'a.Vat[is] [the] abomination ofH8441 →
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
כָּל־kol-everyH3605 →
גְּבַהּ־ge.vah-[person] haughty ofH1364 →
לֵ֑בLevheartH3820 →
יָ֥דyadhandH3027 →
לְ֝יָ֗דle.Yadto handH3027 →
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808 →
יִנָּקֶֽה׃yi.na.Kehhe will go unpunishedH5352 →

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Luke 16:15So He said to them, “You are the ones who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is prized among men is detestable before God.Proverbs 6:16–17There are six things that the LORD hates, seven that are detestable to Him:Proverbs 8:13To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.Proverbs 11:21Be assured that the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.Romans 2:8–9But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.James 4:6But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”Romans 2:3So when you, O man, pass judgment on others, yet do the same things, do you think you will escape God’s judgment?Job 40:12Look on every proud man and humble him; trample the wicked where they stand.Proverbs 17:5He who mocks the poor insults their Maker; whoever gloats over calamity will not go unpunished.Isaiah 3:11Woe to the wicked; disaster is upon them! For they will be repaid with what their hands have done.Matthew 6:5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward.Isaiah 65:5They say, ‘Keep to yourself; do not come near me, for I am holier than you!’ Such people are smoke in My nostrils, a fire that burns all day long.Daniel 5:20But when his heart became arrogant and his spirit was hardened with pride, he was deposed from his royal throne, and his glory was taken from him.Isaiah 2:12For the Day of the LORD of Hosts will come against all the proud and lofty, against all that is exalted—it will be humbled—Jeremiah 43:2Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and all the arrogant men said to Jeremiah, “You are lying! The LORD our God has not sent you to say, ‘You must not go to Egypt to reside there.’Ezekiel 16:49Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed, and complacent; they did not help the poor and needy.Exodus 20:7You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.Proverbs 6:29So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

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