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Proverbs 8:13 Cross-References
Explore 19 cross-references for Proverbs 8:13 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Proverbs chapter 8 verse 13 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.”
Proverbs 8:13 (KJV)
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Commentary on Proverbs 8:13
Wisdom continues speaking: 'The fear of the LORD is to hate evil.' This verse defines fearing God not as terror but as moral alignment with His character—hating what He hates. The list that follows specifies: 'pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.' Pride and arrogancy represent self-exaltation; the 'evil way' is the path of wickedness; 'froward mouth' refers to perverse, twisted speech. True fear of God produces moral revulsion toward sin, especially the pride that elevates self above God. This verse links theology (fearing God) with ethics (hating evil), sh...
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Cross-References for Proverbs 8:13
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“hate evil. He preserves the souls of his saints. He delivers them out of the hand of the wicked.”
“By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.”
“For Yahweh is a God of knowledge. By him actions are weighed.”
“Put away from thee a froward mouth”
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
“you younger ones”
“Therefore I esteem all thy precepts concerning all things to be right; and I hate every false way.”
“love good”
“seven which are an abomination to him:”
“a man of iniquity”