Proverbs 8:13

New Living Translation

All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
To fear the Lord is to hate evil.I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct,and perverse speech.

Hebrew Names Version
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

King James Version
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

English Standard Version
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

New Century Version
If you respect the Lord , you will also hate evil. I hate pride and bragging, evil ways and lies.

New English Translation
The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride and the evil way and perverse utterances.

Amplified Bible
"The [reverent] fear and worshipful awe of the LORD includes the hatred of evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.

New American Standard Bible
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride, arrogance, the evil way, And the perverted mouth, I hate.

World English Bible
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil. I hate pride, arrogance, the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Geneva Bible (1587)
The feare of the Lord is to hate euill as pride, and arrogancie, and the euill way: and a mouth that speaketh lewde things, I doe hate.

Legacy Standard Bible
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil;Pride and arrogance and the evil wayAnd the mouth of perverted words, I hate.

Berean Standard Bible
To fear the LORD is to hate evil; I hate arrogant pride, evil conduct, and perverse speech.

Contemporary English Version
If you respect the Lord , you will hate evil. I hate pride and conceit and deceitful lies.

Complete Jewish Bible
The fear of Adonai is hatred of evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and duplicitous speech.

Darby Translation
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth do I hate.

Easy-to-Read Version
To respect the Lord means to hate evil. I hate pride and boasting, evil lives and hurtful words.

George Lamsa Translation
Reverence of the LORD despises evil; pride, arrogance, evil ways, and perverse speech do I hate.

Good News Translation
To honor the Lord is to hate evil; I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and false words.

Lexham English Bible
The fear of Yahweh is hatred of evil, pride, and arrogance and an evil way. And I hate a mouth of perversity.

Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil; I hate pride and loftiness, and the evil way, and the perverse mouth.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
With me is the feare of the LORDE, and ye eschuynge of euell. As for pryde, disdayne, an euell waye, & a mouth that speaketh wicked thiges, I vtterly abhorre the.

American Standard Version
The fear of Jehovah is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, do I hate.

Bible in Basic English
The fear of the Lord is seen in hating evil: pride, a high opinion of oneself, the evil way, and the false tongue, are unpleasing to me.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil;

King James Version (1611)
The feare of the Lord is to hate euill: pride and arrogancie, and the euill way, and the froward mouth doe I hate.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wickednes, pryde, disdayne, and the euil way, and a mouth that speaketh wicked thinges I vtterly abhorre.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The fear of the Lord hates unrighteousness, and insolence, and pride, and the ways of wicked men; and I hate the perverse ways of bad men.

English Revised Version
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The drede of the Lord hatith yuel; Y curse boost, and pride, and a schrewid weie, and a double tungid mouth.

Update Bible Version
The fear of Yahweh is to hate evil: Pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, And the perverse mouth, I hate.

Webster's Bible Translation
The fear of the LORD [is] to hate evil: pride, and arrogance, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

New King James Version
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.

New Life Bible
The fear of the Lord is to hate what is sinful. I hate pride, self-love, the way of sin, and lies.

New Revised Standard
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The reverence of Yahweh, is to hate wickedness: pride, arrogance, and the way of wickedness; And a mouth of perverse things, do I hate.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The fear of the Lord hateth evil; I hate arrogance, and pride, and every wicked way, and a mouth with a double tongue.

Revised Standard Version
The fear of the LORD is hatred of evil. Pride and arrogance and the way of evil and perverted speech I hate.

Young's Literal Translation
The fear of Jehovah [is] to hate evil; Pride, and arrogance, and an evil way, And a froward mouth, I have hated.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The fear of the LORD is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverted mouth, I hate.

Contextual Overview

¹² "I, Wisdom, live together with good judgment. I know where to discover knowledge and discernment. ¹³ All who fear the Lord will hate evil. Therefore, I hate pride and arrogance, corruption and perverse speech. ¹⁴ Common sense and success belong to me. Insight and strength are mine. ¹⁵ Because of me, kings reign, and rulers make just decrees. ¹⁶ Rulers lead with my help, and nobles make righteous judgments. ¹⁷ "I love all who love me. Those who search will surely find me. ¹⁸ I have riches and honor, as well as enduring wealth and justice. ¹⁹ My gifts are better than gold, even the purest gold, my wages better than sterling silver! ²⁰ I walk in righteousness, in paths of justice. ²¹ Those who love me inherit wealth. I will fill their treasuries.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The fear: Proverbs 16:6, Psalms 97:10, Psalms 101:3, Psalms 119:104, Psalms 119:128, Amos 5:15, Romans 12:9, 1 Thessalonians 5:22, 2 Timothy 2:19

pride: Proverbs 6:16-19, 1 Samuel 2:3, Psalms 5:4, Psalms 5:5, Psalms 138:6, Zechariah 8:17, 1 Peter 5:5

the froward: Proverbs 4:24, Proverbs 6:12, Proverbs 10:31

Reciprocal: Genesis 20:11 - Surely Exodus 1:17 - feared God 1 Kings 18:12 - from my youth Job 1:1 - one Job 1:8 - one Psalms 19:9 - The fear Psalms 34:14 - Depart Psalms 36:1 - no Psalms 101:4 - A froward Proverbs 2:12 - from the man Proverbs 3:32 - the froward Proverbs 8:8 - there Proverbs 11:20 - of Proverbs 15:33 - fear Proverbs 16:5 - that Proverbs 17:20 - He that hath a froward heart Proverbs 21:4 - An high look Proverbs 31:30 - a woman Jeremiah 43:2 - all the Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Jeremiah 48:29 - heard Malachi 3:5 - fear Acts 9:31 - and walking Romans 3:18 - General Romans 7:15 - what I hate 2 Corinthians 7:1 - in Hebrews 1:9 - hated 1 Peter 2:18 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 7:11
When Noah was 600 years old, on the seventeenth day of the second month, all the underground waters erupted from the earth, and the rain fell in mighty torrents from the sky.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The fear of the Lord [is] to hate evil,.... All evil in general, evil thoughts, evil words, evil actions, evil company, evil worship, and evil doctrines; and by "the fear of the Lord", which shows itself in an hatred of evil, because of the loathsome nature of it, and being contrary to God and his will, and as it appears in the glass of the law, and especially in the glass of pardoning love, is meant not the fear of his judgments and wrath, or a distrust of his grace and goodness, much less an hypocritical fear, or a mere show of devotion; but a reverential affection for him, which is peculiar to children; a filial, godly fear, which is consistent with strong faith, great joy, and true courage; and is opposite to pride and self-confidence, and is accompanied with real holiness; it takes its rise from the grace of God, and is greatly increased and promoted by the discoveries of his love and goodness: this is brought into the account and description of wisdom, to distinguish it from carnal wisdom; to commend wisdom from its holiness; for this the beginning of wisdom, yea, wisdom itself,

Job 28:28;

pride and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate; these are the particulars of evil, which Wisdom, or Christ, declares his hatred of. "Pride", which appears in men in thinking too highly of themselves, in speaking too well of themselves, in despising others, in setting up and trusting to their own righteousness for salvation, and in crying up the purity and power of human nature; this is very contrary to the spirit of the meek and lowly Jesus, and must be hateful to him: "arrogancy" differs little from pride, and the two words in the Hebrew are very much the same, very little differ; it is an ascribing that to a man's self which does not belong to him, whether in things natural, civil, or spiritual; when men attribute their justification and salvation to their own works, it is arrogancy, and must be hateful to Christ; who been at so much pains and expense to bring in everlasting righteousness, and work out salvation for men: it is the height of arrogancy in a man to conceit he a power to regenerate, renew, and convert himself, and, with the haughty Arminian, Grevinchovius, to say, he has made himself to differ from others; this must be hateful to Christ, by whose Spirit and grace this only is done: and it is a piece of arrogancy when men ascribe all the good works done by them to their own power, when without Christ they can do nothing; which therefore must be displeasing to him. "The evil way", as Aben Ezra observes, is an evil custom and course of sinning; a man's own way, which he chooses and delights in, and which leads to destruction: "and the froward mouth" is the mouth that speaks perverse things; things contrary to a man's own heart, contrary to truth, to the rule of the divine word, to the Gospel, to Christ and his people, and to all men; which must be hateful and abominable to him who is truth itself.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Proverbs 8:13. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil — As it is impossible to hate evil without loving good; and as hatred to evil will lead a man to abandon the evil way; and love to goodness will lead him to do what is right in the sight of God, under the influence of that Spirit which has given the hatred to evil, and inspired the love of goodness: hence this implies the sum and substance of true religion, which is here termed the fear of the Lord.