For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
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Gill's Exposition
For the froward is abomination to the Lord,.... The perverse man, that pleases not God, and is contrary to all men, as the Jews were; one froward in his words and actions: "who transgresses the law",…
A marked change in style. The continuous exhortation is replaced by a series of maxims. From them to whom it is due - literally, as in the margin. The precept expresses the great Scriptural thought…
True wisdom consists in the due discharge of our duty towards man, as well as towards God, in honesty as well as piety, and therefore we have here divers excellent precepts of wisdom which relate to…
Cambridge Bible
his secret i.e., as R.V. margin explains, his counsel(Gen 18:17), or his friendship(Exo 33:11). Comp. Psa 25:14 (and note there in this Series); Joh 15:15.
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