משלי 15:26

Hebrew Modern Translation

תועבת יהוה מחשבות רע וטהרים אמרי נעם׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
יהוה מחשבות רע וטהרים אמרי-נעם

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
תּוֹעֲבַ֣ת יְ֭הוָה מַחְשְׁבֹ֣ות רָ֑ע וּ֝טְהֹרִ֗ים אִמְרֵי־נֹֽעַם ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
תּוֹעֲבַת יְהוָה מַחְשְׁבוֹת רָע וּטְהֹרִים אִמְרֵי־נֹֽעַם ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

thoughts: Proverbs 6:16-19, Proverbs 24:9, Jeremiah 4:14, Matthew 15:19

but: Proverbs 15:23, Psalms 19:14, Psalms 37:30, Psalms 37:31, Psalms 45:1, Matthew 12:34-37

pleasant words: Heb. words of pleasantness

Reciprocal: Proverbs 16:24 - Pleasant Proverbs 21:8 - but Ecclesiastes 12:10 - acceptable words Isaiah 59:7 - their thoughts Jeremiah 6:19 - even Mark 2:8 - Why Luke 5:22 - perceived Acts 8:20 - thou 2 Corinthians 10:5 - every thought

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The thoughts of the wicked [are] an abomination to the Lord,.... They are known unto the Lord, who is the searcher of the heart, and a discerner of the thoughts and intents of it; he knows they are vain and sinful, yea, that they are only evil, and that continually, and therefore are hateful and abominable to him; it may be rendered "the thoughts of evil", as by the Targum; or evil thoughts, as the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and the Oriental versions; but Aben Ezra interprets as we, the thoughts of a wicked man, which are never otherwise but evil; whereas in a good man, though there are many evil thoughts which are abominable to himself, yet there are some good thoughts, and which are pleasing to the Lord, as follows;

but [the words] of the pure [are] pleasant words; that is, unto the Lord; which are the same with their thoughts, and are the effect of them, and so stand opposed to the thoughts of the wicked; these, expressed either in a way of prayer or of praise, are sweet and pleasant, and acceptable unto God through Christ; as likewise their words and discourse in religious conversation, which also minister grace unto the hearer, and are very delightful and pleasing to saints; the words may be supplied thus, "but [the thoughts] of the pure", of such who are pure in heart, whose hearts are purified by faith in the blood of Christ, are "words of pleasantness", so Gersom; there is a language in thought which is known to a man's self, and by the Lord; there is the meditation or discourse of the heart, and this being about divine and spiritual things is pleasing to God; he hearkens to it, and writes a book of remembrance for them that fear him, and have thought on his name; see Psalms 19:14.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Some prefer the margin, and render, words of pleasantness are pure. Gracious words are to God as a pure acceptable offering, the similitude being taken from the Levitical ritual, and the word “pure” in half ceremonial sense (compare Malachi 1:11).